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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This is our third case alleging that the State of Illinois violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and other federal laws by needlessly forcing people with disabilities to live in institutions when...
ACLU served as a Friend of the Court, along with the Lawyers Committee and MALDEF, in this case that was initiated by the United States in the Carter Administration and resolved by a consent decree in 1980...
(formerly Sherman v. Township High School District 214)
We were amicus in a case filed by the Sherman family of Buffalo Grove against their local public high school and the Illinois...
