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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Mar 31, 2016

Motion to unseal docket sheet for All Writs Act case in Massachusetts

The ACLU discovered what we suspect is an entirely sealed docket associated with the government’s request for an All Writs Act order.

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Mar 30, 2016

Commonwealth v. Laltaprasad

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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Mar 30, 2016

ACLU v. FBI

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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Mar 11, 2016

ACLU v. U.S. Department of Education

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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Mar 7, 2016

Barthold v. Gordon College

Status: Closed

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

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Feb 5, 2016

Commonwealth v. Henry

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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