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.
Favorably settled federal lawsuit requiring the state to take immediate action to fully comply with provisions of the National Voter Registration Act, including requiring the availability of voter...
Successful defense representation of a SLAPP suit victim, who was sued for writing the Department of Environmental Management with concerns about a local landfill.
Favorably settled lawsuit on behalf of a nine-year-old African-American girl taken to the police station from school after being accused of throwing a snowball at another student.
Successful federal lawsuit challenging a Town’s practice of providing free snow-plowing to churches, but to no other private institutions.