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.
(No. 3:06-0924, United State District Court of Middle Tennessee, Nashville Division, Judge Robert Echols)
ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorney: Edmund J. Schmidt, III, Law Offices of...
(No. M2005-1941-CCA-R3-DD Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Circuit Court for Williamson County, Judge Russ Heldman)
Plaintiff Representation: Cassandra Stubbs, ACLU Capital...
(Case No. 05-1010-IV, Chancery Court for Davidson County, Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle and Case No. M2006–00460–SC–RDM–CV, Supreme Court of Tennessee at Nashville, Chief Justice William M. Barker delivered...