All Cases

17 Court Cases
Court Case
Dec 12, 2022
Three surveillance cameras mounted on a poll in front of gray sky
  • Privacy and Surveillance|
  • +2 Issues

ACLU of Massachusetts v. Executive Office of Public Safety and Security et al.

The ACLU of Massachusetts, together with law firm Wolf Greenfield, filed a lawsuit against two Massachusetts agencies for failing to produce public records regarding the state’s use of automatic license plate reader (ALPR) technology.
Court Case
Aug 12, 2020
Public records example
  • Government Transparency|
  • +3 Issues

ACLU of Massachusetts v. City of Boston

The ACLU is suing the Boston Police Department for withholding public records.
Court Case
Oct 31, 2019
Screens with AI assisted analysis and surveillance of individuals
  • Privacy and Surveillance|
  • +1 Issue

ACLU v. Department of Justice

The ACLU is seeking information on the FBI and DEA's use of face surveillance technology.
Court Case
Jul 10, 2019
Collage of Massachusetts state IDs
  • Privacy and Surveillance|
  • +2 Issues

ACLU of Massachusetts v. MassDOT

The ACLU is seeking information about the use of face surveillance technology by government agencies in Massachusetts.
Court Case
Nov 15, 2018
Boston Police Officer
  • Police Accountability|
  • +3 Issues

ACLU of Massachusetts v. Boston Police Department

The ACLU is seeking information about the police department’s “gang database.”
Court Case
Aug 20, 2018
Cell phone Stock
  • Privacy and Surveillance

Commonwealth v. Almonor

This case challenges law enforcement's ability to access precise, real-time location information from a cell phone.
Court Case
Aug 13, 2018
Black iPhone Stock
  • Privacy and Surveillance

Commonwealth v. Johnson

Law enforcement should get a warrant to search a probationer’s historical GPS location data.
Court Case
Sep 13, 2017
Plaintiffs Ghassan and Nadia Alasaad with their four children
  • Privacy and Surveillance|
  • +1 Issue

Merchant v. Mayorkas (formerly Alasaad v. Wolf)

Our clients were coerced into providing access to their devices even though they did nothing wrong.
Court Case
Sep 13, 2017
ACLU Client Zainab Merchant
  • Privacy and Surveillance|
  • +1 Issue

Merchant v. Mayorkas

Our clients were coerced into providing access to their devices even though they did nothing wrong.