Court Cases

Amicus brief addressing whether police may enter a third parties’ home in “hot pursuit” of a person wanted only on a traffic warrant,

The ACLU-NJ entered this case as amicus to argue that police stops based on rear tinted windows in cars are arbitrary, unconstitutional and in violation of the Fourth Amendment and Article I, Paragraph 7 of the New Jersey Constitution.

Amicus brief addressing the how delays caused by COVID-19 impact the speedy trial provisions of the Criminal Justice Reform Act.

A case defending protesters against unconstitutional speech and protest restraints placed on them for demonstrating outside a county executive’s residence against the county’s contract to detain people on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A civil rights lawsuit challenging the targeting and arrest of Black Lives Matter leaders at a demonstration.

Amicus brief addressing the standard required for stopping a person on the street, based largely on the character of a neighborhood.

Police union challenge to AG directives ordering the public disclosure of the identities of officers sanctioned for serious disciplinary violations.

Amicus brief addressing whether the retroactive application of the newly enacted crime-fraud exception to the marital communications privilege violates the ex post facto clauses of the federal and state constitutions.

The ACLU-NJ joined this case as amicus on the sole issue of whether a denial of qualified immunity to defendant law enforcement as part of a summary judgment motion is appealable on an interlocutory basis in New Jersey state court.