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.

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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Lennie, Pearl, marriage equality, North Carolina

Apr 9, 2014

Freedom to Marry

Status: Victory!

The ACLU and ACLU of North Carolina won a 2014 lawsuit on behalf of three married, same-sex couples seeking state recognition of their marriages.

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ACLU, North Carolina, voting, voter suppression, voter ID, early voting

Aug 12, 2013

League of Women Voters of North Carolina et al. v. North Carolina

Status: Won appeal

The ACLU, the ACLU of North Carolina, and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice successfully challenged North Carolina's voter suppression law that imposed a voter ID requirement and eliminated same-day...

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Mar 13, 2013

Religious Liberty

Status: Victory!

The ACLU successfully represented three Rowan County residents in a challenge to their county commissioners’ practice of opening meetings by coercing the public to join them in prayers that overwhelmingly...

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marcie, chantelle, fisher-borne, north carolina, marriage, lgbt, adoption

Jun 13, 2012

Freedom to Marry & Second Parent Adoption

Status: Victory!

The ACLU helped win the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in North Carolina by successfully challenging the state's ban on marriage for same-sex couples.

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Sep 29, 2011

Restrictions on Abortion Access/First Amendment

Status: Victory!

The ACLU and other groups successfully challenged North Carolina’s 2011 law that would have forced a woman to undergo a narrated ultrasound four hours before having an abortion, even if the woman objects....

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