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 court challenge to state Department of Education ruling requiring a public school district to pay tuition for students attending parochial schools.
Successful federal challenge to law allowing Democratic and Republican Party committees to hold fund-raising raffles but prohibiting all other political committees or parties from doing the same.
“Friend of the court” brief in Superior Court, successfully arguing that a state agency could not withhold from the public certain records simply because they had been subpoenaed by a grand jury.
Successful federal lawsuit on behalf of R.I. Alliance for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights and other groups denied appointment as voter registrars by state Board of Elections.