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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Apr 14, 2020

Grinis v. Spaulding

The ACLU of Massachusetts filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of people incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center in Devens, Massachusetts who are at severe risk of illness or death from COVID-19.

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Mar 25, 2020

Rodas v. Moniz

The novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is highly contagious. To protect their lives, petitioners Mario Luis Rodas-Mazariegos and Ray Anthony Marzouca seek immediate release from Plymouth County...

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Mar 24, 2020

Committee for Public Counsel Services v. Chief Justice of the Trial Court and Committee for Public Counsel Services v. Massachusetts Sheriffs' Offices

The ACLU of Massachusetts filed an emergency petition to the Supreme Judicial Court to take prompt action to curb the spread of COVID-19 by reducing people who are incarcerated in Massachusetts jails.

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Mar 23, 2020

Bollat Vasquez et al. v Wolf et al.

The ACLU of Massachusetts is suing the federal government on behalf of three Massachusetts families with loved ones who are stranded in Mexico under the Trump administration’s “Migrant Protection Protocols...

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Feb 2, 2020

Rahim v. Conley

In June 2015, Usaamah Rahim was shot and killed during an encounter with the Boston Police Department and the FBI. Desperate to understand more about the events leading up to her son’s death, Ms. Rahim has...

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Jan 3, 2020

Constanza Lemus et al v. Wolf et al

Status: Filed

The ACLU seeks to reunite a family of asylum-seekers separated by the Trump administration’s so-called “Migrant Protection Protocols.”

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