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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.
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Jul 24, 2014
Tennessee v. Prabhakar
Criminal Legal Reform
(Case No. P8346-01, Tennessee Department of Safety, Nashville, Administrative Judge Michael Begley)
Plaintiffs: Tennessee Department of Safety; Shelby County Sheriff’s...
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Jun 16, 2014
Tanco v. Haslam
Gender Equality
Case No. 13-1159 (U.S. District Court, Middle District, Nashville, Judge Trauger)
Tanco v. Haslam (Supreme Court of the United States, No. 14-562, opinion by Justice Kennedy) ...
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Dec 12, 2013
Catholic Diocese of Nashville v. Sebelius
Gender Equality
AMICUS BRIEF (Case No. 3:13-cv-01303 District Judge Todd J. Campbell Magistrate Judge E. Clifton Knowles)
Appealed to Sixth Circuit (Mich. Catholic Conf. et al. v. Burwell et al, Nos....
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Sep 23, 2013
Postcards Only at the Rutherford County Jail
In September 2013, ACLU-TN received several letters from inmates at the Rutherford County Jail and their relatives concerning a new postcard-only policy that limited inmates’ ability to receive any letters...
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May 10, 2012
Juana Villegas de la Paz v. Metro Nashville Government
Criminal Legal Reform
(Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee at Nashville: No. 3:09-cv-219—William J. Haynes, Jr., District Judge; No. 11-6031, Sixth Circuit of Appeals, CLAY, GIBBONS...
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Apr 1, 2012
Jessica Anderson v. City of Memphis, et al.
Gender Equality
ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorney: Maureen Holland, Holland & Associates, PC
Jessica Anderson was employed with the Memphis Fire Department as an emergency medical technician....