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243 Court Cases
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Jun 16, 2018
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  • Open Government|
  • +1 Issue

ACLU Foundation of Northern California v. DOJ (Location Tracking)

ACLU Foundation of Northern California lawsuit seeking information about the federal government’s use of location tracking technologies. Specifically, how the government seeks or obtains location information and whether this surveillance practice is constitutional.
Court Case
Jun 08, 2018
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  • Criminal Law Reform

ACLU Prompts State Hospitals to Halt Forced Medication of Patients

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California and Protection and Advocacy, Inc. issued a letter to the California Department of Mental Health stating our concern that the state hospital system was forcibly drugging patients who have been tried for crimes and were found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Court Case
May 16, 2018
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  • Criminal Law Reform

Masters v. CDCR (Death Penalty)

Jarvis Jay Masters, a death-sentenced inmate, and Witness to Innocence, a nonprofit organization composed of and led by exonerated death row inmates and their family members, is challenging California’s new lethal injection regulations. 
Court Case
May 16, 2018
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

ACLU of Northern California v. ICE (License Plate Readers)

Court Case
Apr 17, 2018
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  • Immigrants' Rights|
  • +1 Issue

Asian Americans Advancing Justice v. Padilla (Language Assistance)

Court Case
Apr 11, 2018
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  • Racial Justice|
  • +1 Issue

Visalia Unified School District PRA (Education Equity)

Court Case
Mar 12, 2018
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  • Privacy and Technology

ACLU Foundation of Northern California v. TSA (Electronic Searches)

Court Case
Mar 05, 2018
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  • Voting Rights

La Follette v. Padilla (CA Vote-By-Mail Signature Match)

45,000 ballots were discarded - without notice - in California's November 2016 election. This ACLU Foundation of Northern California lawsuit asks that future voters be given an opportunity to fix any signature match problems before their votes are thrown away.
Court Case
Sep 29, 2017
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  • Privacy and Technology

ACLU Foundation of Northern California v. DOJ (Policy on Government Spying)

We’re suing the Justice Department to disclose when the government tells people it electronically spied on them.