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ACLU of Washington Litigation Docket

ACLU-WA Litigation docket of cases for 2022

ACLU of Washington Amicus Docket

ACLU-WA Amicus docket of cases for 2022

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Lawsuit to improve medical care, safety from assaults, and other jail conditions in King County

Cases By Topic

Parmelee v. Mathieu, et al.

Amicus brief in defense of a prisoner's right to access public information

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Criminal Justice

Mass Incarceration

State v. Hicks and Babbs

Challenging the exclusion of the only remaining African-American candidate from a jury

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Criminal Justice

Parmelee v. O'Neel

Washington Court of Appeals has struck down Washington's criminal libel statutes as unconstitutional

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Free Speech

M. Akifur Rahman et al. v. Michael Chertoff et al.

A federal court has ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI to disclose whether 10 people who have been repeatedly stopped and questioned at border crossings are listed in a federal terrorist watchlist.

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Terrorism/Emergency Powers

Costanich v. State

The Washington Supreme Court ruled that the state's Equal Access to Justice Act allows the awarding of attorney fees at each level of judicial review.

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Public Defense

Farrakhan v. Gregoire

In a ground-breaking ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in January 2010 struck down our state constitution’s provision barring felons from voting.

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Racial Justice

Voting Rights