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Court Case
Dec 01, 2025
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  • First Amendment|
  • +2 Issues

National Alliance to End Homelessness v. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

This case was filed by a broad coalition of local governments and nonprofit organizations across the country — including Rhode Island-based nonprofits Crossroads Rhode Island and Youth Pride, Inc. — seeking to stop the Trump-Vance administration from creating unlawful and unreasonable restrictions for funding for proven solutions to homelessness, threatening to push hundreds of thousands of families onto the street as cold winter months arrive.
Court Case
Oct 28, 2025
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  • First Amendment

Tuttle v. McKee

This case was filed against Governor Daniel McKee on behalf of activists who were intentionally denied access to the State House for a rally and threatened with arrest prior to the annual gubernatorial State of the State address in January.

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Court Case
Jul 17, 2023
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  • Students’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Parents Leading for Educational Equity v. Providence Public School Department

Citing “systemic failures to comply with federal law,” cooperating attorneys for the ACLU of Rhode Island and the R.I. Center for Justice have today filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the Providence school district and the R.I. Department of Education
Court Case
Jun 02, 2023
AP v North Kingstown School District
  • Students’ Rights

A.P. v. North Kingstown School District

Court Case
Apr 24, 2023
andrew c v mckee
  • Students’ Rights

Andrew C v Mckee

ACLU of Rhode Island cooperating attorneys joined a national organization's long-standing federal class action lawsuit that requires the Department for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) to implement systemic reforms to improve its treatment of children in its care and custody
Court Case
Feb 24, 2023
Green and yellow graphic of Mario Monteiro and the RI State House.
  • Criminal Justice Reform

Monteiro v. Rhode Island

A petition filed in R.I. Superior Court to challenge the state’s “absurd” position that an important criminal justice reform enacted by the General Assembly in 2021, designed to give young offenders serving lengthy sentences a chance for early release on parole, doesn’t apply to the person the law was overtly aimed to help.
Court Case
Feb 16, 2023
ad v bristol warren
  • Disability Rights|
  • +1 Issue

AD v. Bristol-Warren School District

A complaint filed against the Bristol-Warren School District on behalf of a six-year-old child who, the complaint alleges, for months has not been given the free and appropriate education (FAPE) to which he is clearly entitled due to his serious special education needs.
Court Case
Feb 08, 2023
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  • Disability Rights

JP v. Providence School District

This is a formal complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Education against the Providence School District for failing to provide parents of special education students with the documents that are used to determine a child’s eligibility for services and the nature of the services to be provided.
Court Case
Dec 13, 2022
doe v mckee
  • Due Process|
  • +1 Issue

Doe v. McKee

This lawsuit was filed on behalf of two dozen homeless individuals camping at the State House who are protesting the lack of adequate housing in the state.
Court Case
Jul 27, 2022
Stewart v. Pawtucket
  • First Amendment

Stewart v. Pawtucket

Court Case
Jul 11, 2022
Schultz v. Merry Maids
  • Gender Equality

Schultz v. Merry Maids