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Dec 01, 2025
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  • First Amendment|
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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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Oct 31, 2019
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  • Due Process|
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Barrington School Committee v. Student

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Oct 25, 2019
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  • Criminal Justice Reform|
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Liberty v. Coyne-Fague

This is a federal class action lawsuit against the R.I. Department of Corrections (RIDOC) alleging multiple constitutional violations of the rights of prisoners with serious and persistent mental illness.
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Sep 26, 2019
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  • Privacy & Technology|
  • +1 Issue

Benson v. Raimondo

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Aug 29, 2019
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  • Government Transparency|
  • +2 Issues

RILS v. Providence School District

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Jul 03, 2019
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  • Criminal Justice Reform|
  • +2 Issues

Lombardi and Davis v. Raimondo

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May 29, 2019
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  • Privacy & Technology|
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U.S. Department of Justice v. Jonas

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May 20, 2019
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  • Criminal Justice Reform|
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Aguasvivas v. Pompeo

This is a “friend of the court” brief in an immigration case where the federal government is claiming that a person who will likely be tortured if he is extradited back to his home country cannot rely on that fact to prevent his return.
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May 07, 2019
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  • First Amendment

Association of RI Authors v. Savage

This is a federal lawsuit challenging the RI Division of Taxation’s position that a sales tax exemption for Rhode Island authors applies only to works of fiction, and not to non-fiction - because non-fiction is not “creative and original.”
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Feb 28, 2019
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  • Criminal Justice Reform

Davis v. RI Department of Corrections

This is a class-action lawsuit against the RI Department of Corrections (DOC) claiming that the facility failed to provide adequate heat to at least two cell blocks for more than a month and a half.