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 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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Jan 5, 2016

Commonwealth v. Forlizzi

The ACLU brief argues that state ethics rules required prosecutors to seek court approval before secretly obtaining four years' worth of bank records for the defendant's attorney.

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Dec 7, 2015

Commonwealth v. White

The Supreme Judicial Court unanimously affirmed that the government must have specific information that a cellphone contains evidence of a crime before it can search or seize the device.

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