Featured Cases


Court Case
Jun 12, 2026
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  • First Amendment

Rhode Island Latino Arts v. National Endowment for the Arts

Court Case
Jun 17, 2026
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  • Privacy & Technology|
  • +1 Issue

Child Advocate for the State of Rhode Island, et al. v. United States

Attorneys for the Lawyers’ Committee for Rhode Island (LCRI) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island (ACLU) filed an emergency motion to quash a subpoena issued by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) seeking the sensitive private medical records of minor patients who have received medical treatment for gender dysphoria at Rhode Island Hospital. Case name: In the Matter of Administrative Subpoena 25-1431-032 Civil action number: 4:26-MC-00006-O This page was previously titled Administrative Subpoena – Private Medical Records of Minors
Court Case
Sep 29, 2026
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  • First Amendment

RI Coalition Against Domestic Violence v. Blanche

A nationwide group of 25 state domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions, led by the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence (RICADV), filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the Trump administration from imposing unlawful restrictions on grants issued by the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) under the federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). This case was formerly named RICADV v. Bondi.

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371 Court Cases
Court Case
Jan 21, 2020
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  • Criminal Justice Reform|
  • +1 Issue

McKinney v. RIDOC

Court Case
Dec 16, 2019
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  • Due Process

Correa v. Hawkins

Court Case
Dec 13, 2019
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  • Workers’ Rights

Robbio v. Raimondo

Court Case
Nov 22, 2019
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  • Criminal Justice Reform|
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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

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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