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.
Flores v. Morgan Hill Unified School District
Apr 08, 2003
A historic ruling holds that schools must take steps to eliminate harassment when they learn that lesbian, gay, or bisexual students are abused at school.
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Rodriguez v. CHP
Feb 27, 2003
Racial profiling by law enforcement has long plagued communities of color. The 2003 settlement in our racial profiling case established a moratorium on California Highway Patrol consent searches.
Read MoreYahoo v. La Ligue Contre le racisme et L'antisemitisme (Internet Free Speech)
May 06, 2002
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal rejects an attempt by the French courts to force Yahoo! to block French users' access to web pages that contain speech related to Nazism. The ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed an influential amicus brief in the case.
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Academy of Pediatrics v. Lungren
Aug 05, 1997
The California Supreme Court strikes down the 1987 California law requiring teenagers under 18 to obtain parental or judicial consent to end a pregnancy.
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Conant v. Walters
Jan 14, 1997
Physicians and patients file a class action suit in response to Prop 215’s threat to punish doctors if they are found to be recommending medical marijuana to their patients.
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Carpenter v. City and County of SF
Aug 20, 1996
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules that San Francisco's Mount Davidson Cross violates the No Preference Clause of the California Constitution.
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Fierro v. Gomez
Apr 16, 1992
The State of California is prohibited from using the gas chamber to execute condemned prisoners.
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Bennett v. Livermore Unified School District
Jul 24, 1987
The California Court of Appeals rules that organized graduation prayers are not constitutional.
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McCoy v. Hearst Corp
Nov 13, 1986
The California Supreme Court establishes that the First Amendment requires a higher standard of proof and review to find libel, especially when the respondents are public figures.
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Committee to Defend Reproductive Rights v. Myers
Mar 20, 1981
The California Supreme Court rules that the state cannot manipulate poor women's reproductive choices by funding childbirth but not abortion.
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