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.
Successful representation of a resident sued for defamation by a political candidate for distributing a political flyer critical of the candidate.
Favorably settled lawsuit challenging a college’s censorship of a campus sign display sponsored by a student women’s rights group.
Lawsuit challenging a high school principal’s decision, on “zero tolerance” grounds, to ban a student from appearing in medieval garb and holding a prop broadsword for his senior yearbook photo. At the...
The ACLU served as co-counsel in this lawsuit claiming that the plaintiff was fired from his food-serving job after his employer found out that he was gay and HIV-positive.