One of the main ways the ACLU of Illinois works to protect civil liberties and civil rights is through litigation. Litigation remains one of the fundamental tools with which our adept legal team fights for equality and civil rights throughout the state. This section of our website documents the cases we’re working on now and those we’ve handled in recent years.
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The ACLU of Illinois and a number of advocates supporting survivors of domestic violence and opposed to mass incarceration submitted amicus briefs in support of two long-time incarcerated survivors of domestic violence seeking reduced sentences.
We represent Julie Campos, a Southside Chicago Latina resident – who was physically assaulted and falsely arrested by a Chicago police officer. The lawsuit stems from events at Ms. Campos’ place of employment, a Family Dollar Store, on June 2, 2020. Ms.
National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) and the ACLU of Illinois filed a charge against St. Alexius Medical Center for a discriminatory, non-consensual drug test against a first-time mother, Ms. F., before she went into labor.
We are suing the Chicago Police Department (CPD) seeking records related to a CPD social media monitoring program.
The ACLU of Illinois joined Women Employed, the National Women’s Law Center, and 28 other leading public interest organizations in filing an amicus brief before the Illinois Supreme Court in the case of Constellation NewEnergy et al. v.
The Fourth Amendment does not allow law enforcement to fish around in people’s electronic devices to see if they can find evidence of a crime. Instead, they must have a warrant describing the device to be searched and the particular evidence they may search for. It usually is not fe