Court Cases

Amicus brief addressing the sentencing of a 14-year-old convicted of murder.

Amicus brief in a case asking whether a public entity may, under OPRA’s personnel records exemption, withhold separation agreements with an employee relating to that employee's disciplinary investigation.

Amicus brief arguing that common law requires public access to internal affairs records, where they can be turned over without revealing identity of witnesses.

A case in which the court is asked if it has authority to grant a joint motion to resentence a defendant to remove the mandatory minimum portion of his sentence.

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

Appeal of Parole Board’s decision denying parole because a person "lacks insight into his criminal behavior" that occurred four decades.

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

Amicus brief addressing the impact of marijuana legalization on applications to Pretrial Intervention (PTI) for people who previously received conditional discharges for marijuana offenses.

In this novel case, the ACLU-NJ argued that the State’s unlawful and racial use of its law enforcement power against a qualified Black potential juror, by running a criminal background check on him and later having him arrested from the courthouse on a municipal warrant.