Legal Docket
For decades, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California has used the courts to protect and expand the rights of all Californians. From fighting against the internment of Japanese Americans, to suing California Highway Patrol for targeting Black and Latinx drivers, the ACLU is building a more just state one lawsuit at a time.
Chamorro v. Dignity Health (Religious Refusals)
Phillips v. State of California (Fresno Public Defense)
T.V. v. Beukelman (Student Censorship)
In re Taylor (Juvenile LWOP Resentencing)
Byrd v. Fresno (Local Ban on Medical Marijuana Cultivation)
Kirby v. Fresno (Local Ban on Medical Marijuana Cultivation)
ACLU Foundation of Northern California, Asian Law Caucus, SF Bay Guardian v. FBI (Surveillance of Muslim Communities)
ACLU v. DOJ (StingRays)
In April 2013, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California submitted a FOIA request to the Department of Justice to enforce the public's right to information about the federal government’s use of a surveillance tool commonly known as a StingRay. StingRays simulate a cell tower and trick all wireless devices on the same network in the vicinity to communicate with the device.
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Hegar v. Carter (Women in Combat)
Four servicewomen and the Service Women's Action Network, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California and the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, filed an amended complaint in their lawsuit against the Department of Defense for its ongoing blanket exclusion of women from thousands of ground combat positions.
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Harman v. Ahern (Pregnancy Testing in Alameda County Jails)
Alfaro Garcia v. Johnson (Reasonable Fear Class Action)
A class action lawsuit filed on behalf of thousands of immigrants fleeing persecution who have faced months of detention while they await reasonable fear determinations.
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