One of the main ways ACLU-DC works to protect civil liberties and civil rights is through litigation. This section of our website documents the cases we’re working on now and those we’ve handled in recent years. Click here for general information about what types of cases we litigate.
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This appeal challenged a grossly overbroad injunction against protesters who had demonstrated outside the D.C. office of Goldman Sachs and the home of its chief lobbyist in 2010. The injunction—which was...
This FOIA case sought records related to the government’s warrantless use of cell phones as real-time tracking devices in criminal investigations. Some records were produced without the need for a court...
This 2011 lawsuit sought damages on behalf of Lawrence Miller, who was arrested when he verbally protested the treatment of a handicapped friend by police officers. In April 2012 the case was settled on...
Army Master Sergeant George Quick (Ret.), age 85, contacted us after officials at the Armed Forces Retirement Home, where he lives, ordered him to stop offering handbills to tourists visiting the Lincoln...
