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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Mar 27, 2018
Prisoners Excluded From Civil Rights Act
Prisoners' Rights
Status: Won
A civil rights lawsuit was filed in state court on behalf of young men who had been sent to adult prisons in Michigan when they were under the age of 18 and were sexually assaulted by adult male prisoners and...
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Mar 21, 2018
Immigration Agents Searching Greyhound Buses
Immigrants' Rights
Status: Defending liberty
The Greyhound bus company allows federal agents from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to board its buses and ask passengers for their “papers” even when CBP has no warrant, no probable cause, and no...
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Mar 21, 2018
Facebook Censorship in Newaygo County
Free Speech
Status: Defending liberty
Lori Shepler is an animal welfare advocate who opposes the practice of declawing cats and operates a website and Facebook page dedicated to that purpose.
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Mar 15, 2018
Police Brutality in Taylor
Search and Seizure
Status: Defending liberty
In April 2016 white police officers in Taylor pulled over Calvin, a 26-year-old African American man, purportedly for running a stop sign. Jones’ wife and younger brother were also in the car at the time of...
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Jan 24, 2018
Sex Offender Registration for Dismissed Charges
Due Process
In 1993, when Boban Temelkoski was 19...
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Jan 5, 2018
Social Security Benefits for Legally Adopted Child
The Nancy Katz & Margo Dichtelmiller LGBTQ+ Project