Cases

The ACLU Foundation of Connecticut handles legal cases that involve infringements upon people’s civil rights and civil liberties. We represent individual people or classes of people whose cases will either serve to create new legal precedent or will result in general system-wide change in favor of protecting and defending civil rights and civil liberties. We file lawsuits, and we file amicus (friend-of-the-court) briefs addressing civil liberties issues in cases initiated by others. All of our legal work is on a pro bono basis; we never charge for our legal services. You can learn more about requesting legal assistance from the ACLU of Connecticut here.

 

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Apr 24, 2025

Du v. Dep’t. of Homeland Security

Free Speech
Status: Filed

The lawsuit details how the unlawful termination of F-1 student visa status violates the Administrative Procedures Act and the Due Process Clause of the Constitution.

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Nov 15, 2022

SIG Sauer, Inc. v. Bagnell (amicus brief)

Free Speech

The national ACLU, ACLU Foundation of CT, and ACLU of New Hampshire filed a friend of the court brief arguing that a firearms manufacturer's request for a Connecticut attorney's video to be hidden violates...

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Nov 15, 2022

Town of Avon v. Sastre

The town of Avon has spent thousands of dollars trying to keep secret a log of alleged sexual harassment by the chief of police. The ACLU Foundation of Connecticut and local attorney J.R. Sastre are...

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Oct 27, 2022

Amanda R. Whitman-Singh v Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and City of Norwalk Board of Education

Reproductive Justice
Status: Active

We're fighting to ensure Connecticut’s civil rights laws, including the right to breastfeed, apply in public schools and public places throughout the state.

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Mar 14, 2022

Beatty v Lamont

Criminal Legal System
Status: Filed

Connecticut residents are suing to eliminate Connecticut’s prison debt law.

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Dec 8, 2021

Olson v U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Reproductive Justice
Status: Filed

The decision to become a parent is deeply personal, and no school or job should be able to interfere with that choice. Yet for cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, that is exactly what their school does...

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