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.
(Case No. 3:11-cv-00408, U.S. District Court, Middle District, Nashville, Judge Sharpe)
ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorneys: George Barrett and Scott P. Tift of Barrett Johnston....
In March 2011, ACLU-TN was contacted by a Muslim woman who was forced to remove her hijab, a religious headscarf, for a booking photo at the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office after being cited for a minor...
(Case no. 1:10-cv-275, U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Chattanooga, Judge Collier)
Donna Roberts of Stites & Harbison, PLLC (Direct Representation)
Plaintiffs:...
ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorney: Paul Ambrosius of Trauger & Tuke.
Plaintiffs: City of Lakewood, et al.
Defendants: Davidson...