Court Cases

In an effort to encourage fellow Connecticut residents to take action to save democracy and consider the rule of law, the Visibility Brigade, including our clients Erin Quinn and Robert Marra, turned to the streets to be heard and seen. Standing on local roads where they pass over I-95, Ms. Quinn and Dr. Marra have held signs condemning the government overreach and abuse of power that they have been witnessing and continue to witness. State law enforcement have threatened, detained, and prosecuted several of the protestors in the Visibility Brigade, claiming that no signs may ever be shown to interstate traffic or that sign-holders are criminally liable for drivers' reactions to the signs. These signs include a variety of messages, including language such as "Due process is the law," "These voices melt ICE," "No Kings," "Love Liberty? Resist Tyranny," and "Hands Off Our Judges." State police have insisted that sign-holders are trespassing, or illegally displaying signs that may distract drivers. Meanwhile, Connecticut allows other roadway signage, including large electronic billboards. Overpass streets and public sidewalks are traditional public forums where the right to free speech remains inalienable. The ACLU Foundation of Connecticut is suing to force the defendants—Department of Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto and Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection Commissioner Ronnell Higgins—to abide by the First Amendment and stop threatening or prosecuting overpass demonstrators. Follow this case page to stay updated on Quinn v. Eucalitto.

The ACLU of Connecticut has filed an expedited petition in the state's appellate court for the immediate release of a video showing the death of J'Allen Jones inside the Garner Correctional Institution.

The lawsuit details how the unlawful termination of F-1 student visa status violates the Administrative Procedures Act and the Due Process Clause of the Constitution.

The ACLU of Connecticut filed an emergency motion to intervene and obtain video exhibits played at an October trial in the United States District Court in Mustafa v. Byars.

The town of Avon has spent thousands of dollars trying to keep secret a log of alleged sexual harassment by the chief of police. The ACLU Foundation of Connecticut and local attorney J.R. Sastre are fighting for transparency.

The national ACLU, ACLU Foundation of CT, and ACLU of New Hampshire filed a friend of the court brief arguing that a firearms manufacturer's request for a Connecticut attorney's video to be hidden violates the First Amendment right to free speech.

We're fighting to ensure Connecticut’s civil rights laws, including the right to breastfeed, apply in public schools and public places throughout the state.

Connecticut residents are suing to eliminate Connecticut’s prison debt law.

The decision to become a parent is deeply personal, and no school or job should be able to interfere with that choice. Yet for cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, that is exactly what their school does.