Featured Cases

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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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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.
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Dec 31, 2018
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  • First Amendment|
  • +1 Issue

Foxy Lady v. City of Providence

This is “friend of the court” brief arguing that the Providence Board of Licenses’ revocation of the Foxy Lady’s entertainment license, and the failure to issue a stay of the decision pending full judicial review, violate the club’s First Amendment rights.
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Nov 28, 2018
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  • Government Transparency|
  • +1 Issue

Cox v. Goncalves

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Oct 24, 2018
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  • Due Process|
  • +2 Issues

Richer v. N. Smithfield Police Department

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Oct 17, 2018
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  • Government Transparency

Morgan v. Kilmartin

This is an appeal filed on behalf of former House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan whose access to documents pertaining to the former Attorney General’s expenditure of more than $50M in funds from the “Google settlement” was was stymied by hundreds of questionable redactions.
Court Case
Oct 17, 2018
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  • Students’ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

J.Y. v. Providence School Department

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Sep 26, 2018
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  • Due Process|
  • +1 Issue

SouthCoast Fair Housing v. Saunders

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Aug 20, 2018
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  • Due Process|
  • +3 Issues

Sojourner House v. Woonsocket

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Aug 01, 2018
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  • Government Transparency|
  • +2 Issues

ACLU v. Miller