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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Feb 19, 2014
Commonwealth v. Augustine
Privacy and Surveillance
In a landmark ACLU of Massachusetts case, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in 2014 that Massachusetts citizens have a constitutionally protected interest in cell site location information.
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Jan 18, 2013
ACLU of Massachusetts v. Sebelius, et al.
Reproductive Freedom
Status: Closed
In 2009, the ACLU of Massachusetts filed suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for permitting the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to use taxpayer money to...
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Dec 17, 2012
Fall River Public Schools Complaint
LGBTQ Rights
In June 2012, we filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) against Fall River Public Schools, alledging that the district's frequent use of out-of-school...
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Jan 5, 2012
Glik v. Cunniffe
Free Speech and Expression
Arrested for "illegal wiretapping" in 2007 after recording police officers roughly arresting a young man, ACLU client Simon Glik sued three police officers and the City of Boston for violating his civil...