Featured Cases

Court Case
Jan 30, 2026
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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
Dec 13, 2019
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  • Workers’ Rights

Robbio v. Raimondo

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Nov 22, 2019
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  • Criminal Justice Reform|
  • +1 Issue

Paiva/Liberty v. RI Department of Corrections

ACLU of Rhode Island cooperating attorneys have intervened in an inmate’s pro se legal action seeking to hold the state Department of Corrections (DOC) in contempt of court for violating a 47-year old consent decree that established minimum standards for the discipline and classification of inmates
Court Case
Nov 14, 2019
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  • Immigrants’ Rights|
  • +2 Issues

Providence v. Barr

Court Case
Oct 31, 2019
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  • Due Process|
  • +2 Issues

Barrington School Committee v. Student

Court Case
Oct 25, 2019
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  • Criminal Justice Reform|
  • +2 Issues

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.
Court Case
Sep 26, 2019
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  • Privacy & Technology|
  • +1 Issue

Benson v. Raimondo

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

RILS v. Providence School District

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

Lombardi and Davis v. Raimondo

Court Case
May 29, 2019
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  • Privacy & Technology|
  • +1 Issue

U.S. Department of Justice v. Jonas