At any given time, the ACLU of RI is involved in dozens of legal battles on behalf of civil liberties in the Ocean State. Below is a list of many the cases we have worked on. For our annual case dockets, click here.
This was a successful federal lawsuit charging Providence police with violating the free speech rights of a local resident who was threatened with arrest for leafleting on a public sidewalk. The Rhode...
A lawsuit challenging the adequacy of privacy and confidentiality protections in regulations the Department of Health has adopted to implement a centralized database of patient health care records in the...
Lawsuit challenging a school district policy barring parents with any felony drug offenses from serving as school volunteers. Administrative complaints were also filed with the Department of Education and...
A federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a prayer mural addressed to “Our Heavenly Father” that was displayed in the auditorium of a Cranston public high school. The lawsuit was on behalf of...
An Open Meetings Act (OMA) lawsuit against the Barrington School Committee for unlawfully meeting in closed session to discuss the merits of instituting a mandatory breathalyzer policy for all students...