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.
In 2017 the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit challenging Michigan’s practice of permitting state-funded child placement agencies to reject qualified same-sex couples based on the...
Detroit’s eviction court, the largest district court in the state and one of the busiest in the country, hears approximately 30,000 eviction cases per year, but almost none of the tenants...
Jails and prisons are legally required to provide medical care to all who come into their custody, but many refuse to provide medication for opioid use disorder, the medical condition...
In October 2021 the ACLU of Michigan filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice, urging its Civil Rights Division to investigate the Taylor Police Department for racially biased...