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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Jan 10, 2015

Thayer v. City of Worcester

ACLU of Massachusetts suit in federal court seeks to block two anti-panhandling ordinances enacted in 2013 by the City of Worcester.

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Jan 5, 2012

Glik v. Cunniffe

Arrested for "illegal wiretapping" in 2007 after recording police officers roughly arresting a young man, ACLU client Simon Glik sued three police officers and the City of Boston for violating his civil...

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