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 20, 2018

Commonwealth v. Almonor

This case challenges law enforcement's ability to access precise, real-time location information from a cell phone.

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Aug 17, 2018

Commonwealth v. Plasse

It is unsafe and unjust to sentence someone to more time in order to “help” them recover from a substance use disorder.

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Aug 13, 2018

Commonwealth v. Johnson

Law enforcement should get a warrant to search a probationer’s historical GPS location data.

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Jul 12, 2018

Massachusetts Peace Action v. City of Cambridge

The voices of event organizers and participants should be encouraged and applauded, not taxed.

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Jul 12, 2018

Gonzalez-Garcia v. Sessions

We are suing to reunite a mother in Massachusetts and her daughter who were forcibly separated at the border.

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May 2, 2018

Garcia et al v. Dept. of Housing and Community Development

The state should use hotels when needed to accommodate homeless families with disability-related concerns.

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