Along with our advocacy, legislative, and public education work, litigation remains one of the fundamental tools with which the ACLU of Mississippi fights for equality and civil rights. See below for more information on the cases we've brought to the courts.
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The ACLU of MS and partners filed a lawsuit challenging the state's anti-DEI law, HB 1193. Complaint alleges it violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution.
The ACLU of Mississippi filed a complaint, seeking damages for the false arrest, illegal search, malicious prosecution, retaliation, and excessive use of force against our client, Attorney Jill Collen...
The ACLU of Mississippi filed a lawsuit on behalf of our client, Deborah Powell, against the City of Lexington, Lexington police officer, Charles Henderson, and John Doe officer I, for violation of Ms....
The ACLU of Mississippi filed an amicus brief today on behalf of Willie Manning, a Black man on death row who was falsely convicted of killing two white college students.
Manning's case has many of...