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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 filed a sex discrimination charge on behalf of Darolyn Lee, a Chicago woman denied basic contraceptive care and discriminated against by Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago.
In 2008, Illinois enacted a groundbreaking law to allow individuals to control their own biometric data –fingerprints, DNA, facial scans, and other biological information that can be used to identify an individual. The Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) prohibits private companies from col
The ACLU of Illinois represents Judith Miller, a breastfeeding parent who was denied the opportunity to serve on a jury for the Circuit Court of Cook County because she needed accommodations to pump breast milk.
The ACLU of Illinois represents six women who are transgender in a case challenging the gross inadequacies in the medical care offered to prisoners with gender dysphoria by the Illinois Department of Corrections.
We represent Nova Maday in her lawsuit against her high school and School District 211 who have discriminated against Maday in use of the locker rooms because she is transgender. The lawsuit, filed in late November 2017 seeks use of the locker room without restrictions for Ms.
Communities United, Community Renewal Society, Next Steps, ONE Northside, and the ACLU of Illinois are suing the City of Chicago. Their lawsuit challenges the City’s policies and practices that authorize Chicago police officers to use excessive force, to use unlawful force on black and Latino pe
