
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.
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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