All Cases

29 Court Cases
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Apr 30, 2024
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  • LGBTQ Rights

Gallagher v. Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration

The ACLU of Arkansas has initiated a lawsuit against the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) on behalf of five plaintiffs, contesting a recent emergency rule that restricts transgender and nonbinary individuals' ability to self-identify their gender on driver’s licenses.
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Dec 07, 2023
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Brandt et al v. Griffin et al

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Jun 02, 2023
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Fayetteville Public Library v. Crawford County

The ACLU of Arkansas filed a joint lawsuit against Arkansas’ newest censorship law, Act 372.
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Mar 09, 2023
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Marcus Deangelo Jones v. Dewayne Hendrix

The ACLU and the ACLU of Arkansas filed an amicus curiae brief with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of federal prisoner Marcus Jones arguing that Mr. Jones must be able to present his claim that he is imprisoned based on an acknowledged misinterpretation of law.
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Jan 18, 2022
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  • Free Speech

Barry Haas v. Pulaski County Board of Election Commissioners et al

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Jan 13, 2022
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  • Prisoners' Rights

Edrick Floreal-Wooten et al v. Washington County Detention Center et al

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Dec 29, 2021
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  • Voting Rights|
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The Arkansas State Conference NAACP et al v. The Arkansas Board of Apportionment et al

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Nov 14, 2017
Dade v. City of Sherwood
  • Criminal Justice|
  • +1 Issue

Dade v. City of Sherwood

In 2016 the ACLU of Arkansas, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Morrison and Foerster law firm filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Sherwood, Pulaski County and Judge Milas Hale III, who presides over the Sherwood court where “hot check” cases are heard.
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Dec 01, 2016
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  • LGBTQ Rights|
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Smith v. Pavan: Birth Records for Children of Same-Sex Couples Pre-Marriage