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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Dec 4, 2017

Rodriguez-Guardado v. Smith

Francisco Rodriguez Guardado was unlawfully detained by immigration officials for months.

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Oct 23, 2017

Commonwealth v. Buckley

Pretext traffic stops have enabled racially biased policing with dangerous consequences for people of color.

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Sep 20, 2017

Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) v. Attorney General

We are seeking justice for thousands of wrongfully convicted individuals in second Massachusetts drug lab scandal.

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Plaintiffs Ghassan and Nadia Alasaad with their four children

Sep 13, 2017

Merchant v. Mayorkas (formerly Alasaad v. Wolf)

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

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Sep 13, 2017

Merchant v. Mayorkas

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

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Sep 11, 2017

Gomez Lopez v. Moniz

In Gomez Lopez v. Moniz, the ACLU of Massachusetts and Del Olmo Law are representing Feliciano Gomez Lopez, who has been unlawfully...

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