Court Cases

Case asking the court to apply the exclusionary rule to violations of the “knock-and-announce” requirement in search warrants.

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.

Amicus brief in support of public access to police internal affairs records.

Amicus brief addressing the abuse of low level traffic stops by police officers as tools to justify arbitrary and discriminatory invasions into the privacy rights of New Jerseyans.

Amicus brief in support of the Attorney General’s power to implement the Immigrant Trust Directive

Amicus brief challenging the constitutionality of detaining without probable cause people suspected of past completed crimes.

Amicus brief arguing that evidence of drug dealing away from a person’s home is insufficient to justify a search of the home.

When police tell a person to stop, must the person stop?