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 3, 2017

Commonwealth v. Lunn and Lunn v. Smith

Immigrants' Rights

Can Trump retaliate against states refusing to hold people on ICE detainers when doing so would violate the state constitution?

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Annie Dookhan and attorney
Apr 3, 2017

Bridgeman v. District Attorney for Suffolk County

Criminal Law Reform

Seeking answers on whether the more than 24,000 defendants whose cases were tainted by Dookhan should have their convictions vacated.

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Cartoon sketch of Sonja Farak
Mar 8, 2017

Commonwealth v. Cotto

Criminal Law Reform

Sonja Farak may have tainted thousands of drug cases, on top the 24,000 cases tainted by ex-chemist Annie Dookhan.

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Muslims Welcome Here sign
Jan 31, 2017

Louhghalam v. Trump

LGBTQ Rights

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

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Voting booth
Nov 2, 2016

Chelsea Collaborative v. Galvin

Voting Rights

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)

Police Accountability

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

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