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 31, 2017

Louhghalam v. Trump

We're challenging President Trump's unconstitutional ban on Muslims.

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Nov 2, 2016

Chelsea Collaborative v. Galvin

Arbitrary deadlines should not keep anyone from exercising their constitutional right to vote.

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Jun 30, 2016

Martin v. Rollins (formerly Martin v. Evans, Martin v. Gross)

We filed a federal lawsuit defending the right to record the police in performance of public duties.

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Mar 31, 2016

Motion to unseal docket sheet for All Writs Act case in Massachusetts

The ACLU discovered what we suspect is an entirely sealed docket associated with the government’s request for an All Writs Act order.

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Mar 30, 2016

Commonwealth v. Laltaprasad

We are asking the Supreme Judicial Court to affirm that in cases involving mitigating facts, such as Mr. Laltaprasad’s case, judges have both statutory and constitutional authorities to sentence below the...

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Mar 30, 2016

ACLU v. FBI

We are seeking documents about the state's participation in secretive "Joint Terrorism Task Forces" and the killing of Ibragim Todashev.

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