The ACLU of Tennessee stands up for equality, fairness and justice in the courts. Through our impact litigation and other legal advocacy, we’re fighting for you. ACLU’s legal advocacy in Tennessee spans from the historic Scopes “Monkey Trial” and representation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the sanitation workers’ march in Memphis, to ensuring access to private prison records, protecting families’ religious freedom rights, advocating for gay and lesbian parents who were denied visitation with their children, defending voters’ right to have their ballots counted, and much more. You can learn more about specific cases below.
Cooperating Attorneys: Amanda C. Goad, Staff Attorney for ACLU LGBT Project ; Heather L. Weaver, Staff Attorney for ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief; Galen Sherwin, Staff...
(Case No. 3:11-cv-01037, U.S. District Court, Middle District, Nashville, Judge Trauger)
ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorneys: Tricia Herzfeld of Ozment Law; David Briley of Bone...
(No. 3-11-0994, Judge Campbell, US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division)
ACLU Attorneys: Thomas H. Castelli, ACLU-TN; Andre Segura, Lee...
(Case No. 3:11-cv-00624, U.S. District Court, Middle District, Nashville, Judge Campbell)
ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorney: Irwin Venick, of Dobbins, Venick, Kuhn & Byassee...