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The ACLU of Michigan files lawsuits that impact people’s rights by setting a legal precedent, or affecting the policies and actions of public officials. Our current Fall 2024 Legal Docket details our legal cases and actions taken in 2023-2024.

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Wooden gavel
Dec 19, 2023

Special Education in Flint

Flint Water Crisis

In 2016 the ACLU of Michigan and the Education Law Center filed a class action lawsuit against the State of Michigan and local school districts over the systemic failure to provide...

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Wooden gavel
Dec 19, 2023

Performance Cancelled Because Actors Have Down Syndrome

Disability Rights
Status: Filed

DisArt is a disability arts and culture organization that scheduled a series of public performances in Grand Rapids during the Art Prize festival. One of the events was a drag show...

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Wooden gavel
Dec 19, 2023

Water Shutoffs in Detroit

Racial Justice
Status: Defending liberty

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Wooden gavel
Dec 19, 2023

Police Photograph and Fingerprint Without Probable Cause

Racial Justice
Status: Pending
Keyon Harrison, an African American 16-year-old, was walking home from school when he saw another youth with a model truck and paused to look at it. Grand Rapids police stopped Keyon, took his picture, and...
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Wooden gavel
Dec 19, 2023

Safe Water for the People of Flint

Racial Justice
Status: Won

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Wooden gavel
Wooden gavel
Dec 19, 2023

Insurance Coverage for Medically Necessary Health Care

The Nancy Katz & Margo Dichtelmiller LGBTQ+ Project
Status: Filed

Jasmine Glenn and Jamie O’Brien are transgender women who have insurance coverage through Michigan’s Medicaid program, which contracts with private insurance companies, Priority Health and Meridian Health,...

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