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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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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Sep 9, 2017

Commonwealth v. Eldred

The case Commonwealth v. Eldred addresses whether someone who suffers from addiction can be deemed to have violated their probation when they use drugs, which is a symptom of the disease.

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Jun 28, 2017

Shawn Musgrave and Nasser Eledroos v. Clerk of the Superior Court for Criminal Business in Suffolk County, et al.

Challenging government secrecy in prosecutors' use of surveillance letters called "administrative subpoenas"

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May 19, 2017

Cook v. Mystic Valley Regional Charter School

Two 15-year-old Black Boston-area students have been repeatedly punished by their school for wearing their hair in braids with extensions.

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Apr 3, 2017

Commonwealth v. Lunn and Lunn v. Smith

Can Trump retaliate against states refusing to hold people on ICE detainers when doing so would violate the state constitution?

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Apr 3, 2017

Bridgeman v. District Attorney for Suffolk County

Seeking answers on whether the more than 24,000 defendants whose cases were tainted by Dookhan should have their convictions vacated.

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