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140 Court Cases
Court Case
Apr 23, 2024
Cases
  • LGBTQ+ Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Platkin v Manalapan-Englishtown Reg’l Bd. of Educ., Platkin v Middletown Township Bd. of Educ., & Platkin v Marlboro Township Bd. of Educ.

Amicus briefs arguing that school policies requiring staff to out transgender students to their parents or guardians are unconstitutional, violate the Law Against Discrimination, and will cause irreparable harm to students and schools.
Court Case
Mar 11, 2024
Cases
  • Voting Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Kim v. Hanlon

Amicus briefs arguing that New Jersey’s system for designing primary ballots violates voters’ constitutional rights.
Court Case
Jan 10, 2024
Cases
  • Immigration Enforcement & Detention|
  • +1 Issue

CoreCivic, Inc. v. Murphy 

Amicus brief in support of a state law prohibiting new, renewed, or expanded immigration detention contracts in New Jersey.
Court Case
Jul 10, 2023
Cases
  • Voting Rights|
  • +1 Issue

In re Tom Malinowski, Petition for Nomination for General Election

Amicus brief challenging New Jersey's anti-fusion voting laws.
Court Case
Apr 12, 2022
Cases
  • Police & Law Enforcement|
  • +1 Issue

State v. Francisco

Amicus brief in case examining voluntariness of confession where police told the suspect that his statement would not impact his immigration status.
Court Case
Apr 04, 2022
Cases
  • Police & Law Enforcement

Petition to Investigate the Newark Police Department

Request for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate police misconduct and mistreatment.
Court Case
Apr 04, 2022
Cases
  • Police & Law Enforcement

State v. Bookman

Amicus brief addressing whether police may enter a third parties’ home in “hot pursuit” of a person wanted only on a traffic warrant,
Court Case
Mar 21, 2022
Cases
  • Decarceration|
  • +1 Issue

United States v. Lewis

Amicus brief addressing whether prior convictions for possession of substances controlled under state, but not federal, law can serve as enhancements under federal sentencing law.
Court Case
Mar 18, 2022
Cases
  • Police & Law Enforcement

State v. Smith

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.