Court Cases

As a friend of the Court, the ACLU-NJ asked the New Jersey Supreme Court to affirm the Appellate Division's holding that the single publication rule applied to internet publications.

Amicus brief in a case where contraband was seized during an unlawful, warrantless search of a motel room, which subsequently led to a warrantless search of a car.

The ACLU-NJ represents P.D., a pretrial detainee with mental illness who, after being unable to make bail, was held in solitary confinement for more than four months.

This lawsuit challenged solitary confinement practices at the Middlesex County Jail in “C-Pod”, a unit specifically for solitary confinement.

Amicus brief in support of a person who requested a police dashcam recording under the Open Public Records Act.

Amicus brief in support of the right to self-representation in termination of parental rights cases.

Amicus brief addressing applicability of the requirement that police record details of identification procedure to electronic databases.

Amicus brief challenge to the use of the scientific reliability of so-called Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome

Challenge to a man put in jail for not paying a fine for littering same day as court date.