Cases

The ACLU of Michigan files lawsuits that impact people’s rights by setting a legal precedent, or affecting the policies and actions of public officials. Our current Fall 2024 Legal Docket details our legal cases and actions taken in 2023-2024.

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Jan 12, 2023

Food Assistance Cut Off Without Due Process

The Michigan Department of Health and...

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Jan 12, 2023

Supreme Court Victory for Transgender Rights

Status: Victory!

Aimee Stephens worked as director of a Detroit-area funeral home for six years, responsible for preparing and...

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Jan 12, 2023

Seven-Year-Old Handcuffed at School

Status: Pending

In 2015 a...

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Dec 20, 2021

Business Owners' Duty to Respond to Racist Violence

Edward Tyson is an African American man who was the victim of violence outside a bar in a small town in Cheboygan County. His assailant, widely known as a belligerent racist, repeatedly called Mr. Tyson...

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Oct 19, 2021

Prioritizing COVID-19 Vaccines for People in Prison

COVID-19 ravaged jail and prison populations across the country, and Michigan’s prisons were among the hardest hit, with more than 25,000 cases and more than 120 deaths. The development of safe...

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Oct 19, 2021

Executive Orders to Decarcerate

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept through Michigan, it presented a dire threat to the tens of thousands of people incarcerated in Michigan’s overcrowded and unhygienic jails and prisons, many of...

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