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 21, 2015
Moe v. Secretary of Administration and Finance
Reproductive Freedom
Protecting women's right to reproductive freedom under the state constitution.
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Sep 1, 2015
Commonwealth v. Walters
Victory! In September 2015, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court brought longstanding constitutional protections to the digital age. We stress the importance of First Amendment protections in the face...
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Aug 27, 2015
Champa v. Town of Weston Public Schools
Government Transparency
Victory! In October 2015, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that public schools must turn over records relating to special education placements.
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Aug 27, 2015
Commonwealth v. Doe
Commonwealth v. Doe, a case before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, concerns whether mandatory GPS monitoring applies to someone on probation who was charged with a sex offense but—rather...
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Aug 19, 2015
Holmes v. Garvey
Police Accountability
MBTA police officers brutally beat and arrested Mary Holmes after she spoke out to prevent the officers from abusing a person in her community.
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Aug 6, 2015
Commonwealth v. Lucas
Victory! In a powerful defense of free speech, the Massachusetts high court has struck down a ban on “false” campaign speech.
Our amicus brief urged the Supreme Judicial Court...