ACLU of NC Legal Cases

The ACLU of North Carolina Legal Foundation works in courts and communities across the state to protect civil rights and civil liberties. If you believe your constitutional rights have been violated, you can contact us for legal assistance here.

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Below is a list of some of our active and recent legal cases. Amicus briefs filed by the ACLU of North Carolina can be found here.

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Jan 25, 2018

Public Records from State Lawmaker

Status: Won

The ACLU of North Carolina filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Kitty Hawk resident seeking the release of public records from North Carolina Representative Beverly Boswell.

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Muslim Ban, ACLU, North Carolina, Georgia, CBP, FOIA

Apr 12, 2017

Public Records on President Trump's Muslim Bans

Status: Filed

ACLU affiliates across the country filed 13 separate Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits demanding government documents about the on-the-ground implementation of President Trump’s Muslim bans.

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Lonnie Billard, ACLU, Charlotte Catholic, teacher, gay, fired

Jan 11, 2017

LGBTQ Employment Protections

Status: Victory!

The ACLU is representing a former Teacher of the Year who was fired from his school in violation of federal law after announcing on Facebook that he was marrying his longtime same-sex partner.

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Nov 30, 2016

Bryant v. Woodall

Status: Victory!

The ACLU and other reproductive rights groups successfully challenged North Carolina’s unconstitutional law that prevented doctors from providing abortion care to a woman after the twentieth week of...

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Joaquin Carcano HB2 LGBT LGBTQ trans transgender North Carolina

Mar 28, 2016

LGBTQ Discrimination

Status: Victory!

The ACLU, ACLU of North Carolina, and Lambda Legal challenged North Carolina’s sweeping anti-LGBT law, House Bill 2, and its discriminatory replacement, House Bill 142, on behalf of LGBT North Carolinians...

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charter day school, aclu, pants, skirts, discrimination, girls, women

Mar 1, 2016

Peltier v. Charter Day School (Discriminatory School Dress Codes)

Status: Victory!

The ACLU successfully represented three Brunswick County students in a legal challenge against a section of a K-8 public charter school’s dress code that requires female students to wear skirts to school...

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