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.
Friend of the court” brief challenging a lower court’s dismissal of a case seeking remedial action against DCYF for the mistreatment of foster children in its care. Case Update: The court reversed the...
Lawsuit on behalf of numerous employees of a private company who, in the absence of any cause, were ordered to submit to drug testing in violation of state law. Case Update: Monetary settlements were...
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of seven Pawtucket parents and their children, charged that the Parks and Recreation Division has, for a number of years, given preferential treatment to parochial schools over...
A federal lawsuit alleging that correctional officials have engaged in a pattern of unconstitutional harassment against inmate Jason Cook after he publicly criticized Department of Corrections’ mail...