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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Aug 6, 2015

Commonwealth v. Lucas

Victory! In a powerful defense of free speech, the Massachusetts high court has struck down a ban on “false” campaign speech.

Our amicus brief urged the Supreme Judicial Court...

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Aug 6, 2015

ACLU of Massachusetts v. Evans

In August 2015, the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and the national ACLU, together with the law firm WilmerHale, filed a public-records lawsuit against the Boston Police Department (BPD)...

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Aug 5, 2015

Morris v. US

In our client Ryan Morris’s case, the sentencing judge violated his jury trial right by imposing a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence based on facts found at sentencing, instead of facts submitted to a jury...

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Aug 5, 2015

Doe v. City of Lynn

Victory! In a landmark ruling on local ordinances that are designed to banish sex offenders, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on August 28, 2015 struck down a sex offender residency ordinance in the...

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Jul 23, 2015

Commonwealth v. Dorelas

The ACLU of Massachusetts filed an amicus brief in March 2015 urging the state Supreme Judicial Court to hold that, when law enforcement has probable cause to obtain a warrant to look for a particular type...

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Jun 21, 2015

ACLU of Massachusetts v. NEMLEC

This state lawsuit sought the release of documents about the North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council's SWAT team and other military-style tactics.

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