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.
The first of a half-dozen successful Affiliate court challenges to town ordinances banning the posting of election signs in residential areas.
Representation of person convicted of violating state sodomy law prohibiting “the abominable and detestable crime against nature”; the conviction was reversed on other grounds.
This was an unsuccessful police brutality suit brought on behalf of a developmentally disabled teenager who was beaten by East Providence police officers.
Successful amicus brief dealing with lawyer gag orders, in which the Federal court ruled that attorneys in civil litigation cannot be prohibited from making public statements about cases except in extreme...