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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Screens with AI assisted analysis and surveillance of individuals
Oct 31, 2019

ACLU v. Department of Justice

Privacy and Surveillance

The ACLU is seeking information on the FBI and DEA's use of face surveillance technology.

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Boston Police Officer
Sep 24, 2019

ACLU of Massachusetts v. City of Boston ("Operation Clean Sweep")

Criminal Law Reform

The ACLU is seeking information regarding “Operation Clean Sweep,” a police action that displaced several people experiencing homelessness in Boston.

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Parent holds baby's and
Sep 5, 2019

Rian Immigrant Center v. Cuccinelli

Immigrants' Rights

We are challenging the Trump administration’s abrupt termination of a program that protects seriously ill people from deportation and death.

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Collage of Massachusetts state IDs
Jul 10, 2019

ACLU of Massachusetts v. MassDOT

Privacy and Surveillance

The ACLU is seeking information about the use of face surveillance technology by government agencies in Massachusetts.

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Pereira Brito's three children sit on a bed with a handwritten "We miss you" sign
Jun 12, 2019

Pereira Brito v. Wilkinson (previously Pereira Brito v. Rosen and Pereira Brito v. Barr)

Immigrants' Rights

The ACLU is challenging the government’s practice of denying due process to detained immigrants.

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Back of officer with "Police ICE" vest
Apr 10, 2019

ACLU of Massachusetts v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Government Transparency

The ACLU is seeking the federal immigration agency’s communications with cooperating local law enforcement.

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