Court Cases

Amicus briefs arguing that New Jersey’s system for designing primary ballots violates voters’ constitutional rights.

Amicus brief in support of a state law prohibiting new, renewed, or expanded immigration detention contracts in New Jersey.

The issue in this case is whether New Jersey’s expungement statute bars public access to an internal affairs report concerning a police officer, because the report contains facts or documents common to expunged criminal records.

Amicus brief challenging New Jersey's anti-fusion voting laws.

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.