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 suit filed after a Probate Court judge denied a married woman the right to change her name back to her birth-name unless she got her husband’s consent.
Favorably settled federal lawsuit on behalf of an unmarried couple with two children who were denied public housing solely because of their marital status.
Successful state court lawsuit on behalf of a police officer, who sought to run for City Council, but was told by city officials that he would be fired if he did so.
“Friend of the court” brief challenging a Superior Court decision which held that, under the state’s Open Records Law, records relating to “personnel” are automatically and completely exempt from disclosure...