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 29, 2019

Spaulding v. Natick School Committee

People have the right to speak truth to their elected officials and to hold them accountable.

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Julio Ramirez stands with members of his legal team in the ACLU of Massachusetts office

Nov 27, 2018

Ramirez v. Tompkins

Federal immigration officials are denying immigrants access to Massachusetts courts.

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Nov 26, 2018

Linsenmeir v. City of Springfield and Estate of Madelyn E. Linsenmeir v. City of Springfield

The ACLU is seeking justice for a young woman denied medical care in state custody.

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Nov 16, 2018

Molloy et al. v. City of Holyoke

People have a right to express personal political views through signs displayed on their property.

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Nov 15, 2018

ACLU of Massachusetts v. Boston Police Department

The ACLU is seeking information about the police department’s “gang database.”

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Sep 19, 2018

Pesce v. Coppinger

Denying medication-assisted treatment to incarcerated people with opioid use disorder is both unsafe and unlawful.

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