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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Scales of Justice
Mar 30, 2016

Commonwealth v. Laltaprasad

Criminal Law Reform

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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FBI JTTF
Mar 30, 2016

ACLU v. FBI

Government Transparency

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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Students sitting with notebooks in their laps, taking notes
Mar 11, 2016

ACLU v. U.S. Department of Education

Government Transparency

Student debt is a major driver of lifelong debt cycles and presents a significant civil rights challenge. The federal student loan program grows out of a commitment to educational opportunities for all...

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Open Book Stock
Mar 7, 2016

Barthold v. Gordon College

LGBTQ Rights
Status: Closed

Gordon College punished tenured professor after she spoke out against the president's anti-LGBTQ discrimination.

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Law Books Bookshelf Stock
Feb 5, 2016

Commonwealth v. Henry

Economic Justice

An order requiring a criminal defendant to compensate the victim of her crime--a restitution order--must account for the defendant’s financial circumstances.

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Courtroom
Jan 5, 2016

Commonwealth v. Forlizzi

The ACLU brief argues that state ethics rules required prosecutors to seek court approval before secretly obtaining four years' worth of bank records for the defendant's attorney.

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