Cases

For more than one hundred years, ACLU lawyers have been at the center of one history-making court case after another, participating in more Supreme Court cases than any other private organization.

This page highlights current and important ACLU of Massachusetts cases, and provides ways to sort and search for other casework.

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Apr 24, 2025

APHA v. NIH

In April 2025, researchers, along with American Public Health Association (APHA), the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), and Ibis...

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Apr 2, 2025

Öztürk v. Trump

On March 25, 2025, Rümeysa Öztürk, a PhD student at Tufts University, was grabbed, arrested, and detained in Somerville by plainclothes federal agents in apparent retaliation for an op-ed she co-authored in...

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Mar 26, 2024

ACLU of Massachusetts v. Bristol District Attorney’s Office

In March 2024, the ACLU of Massachusetts, together with law firm Allen & Overy, sued the Bristol District Attorney’s Office (BDAO) for records related to the office’s collection, storage, and use of DNA...

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Dec 11, 2023

Rural Justice Network v. Town of North Brookfield

Update: In March 2024, the Rural Justice Network and ACLU of Massachusetts announced a ...

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May 9, 2023

ACLU of Massachusetts v. Office of the State Auditor

In May 2023, the ACLU of Massachusetts filed a public records lawsuit against the Office of the State Auditor for wrongfully withholding documents related to prisoner deaths and health care at the houses of...

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Feb 17, 2023

Okosi v. Roby

The ACLU and Todd & Weld filed a lawsuit on behalf of Michael Okosi, seeking justice for the harm he suffered—including physical and emotional injuries—based on the lies of one police officer.

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