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 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...
Successful representation of a person fined $13,000 for displaying political signs in his house window, in violation of an ordinance barring such signs from residential property.