All Cases


46 Court Cases
Court Case
May 22, 2023
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  • Criminal Law Reform

DeWalt v. Hooks

The ACLU of North Carolina and North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services are representing four people who have spent years locked in solitary confinement in North Carolina prisons in a class-action lawsuit. We are challenging the state’s use of the practice in state Superior Court.
Court Case
May 22, 2023
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  • Criminal Law Reform

Williams v. Carvajal

Court Case
Apr 18, 2023
Asheville Parks
  • Criminal Law Reform

Norris et al. v. City of Asheville

Court Case
Apr 11, 2023
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  • Criminal Law Reform

American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina v. Stein, Deberry, Crump, Freeman

The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina (ACLU-NC) has filed a federal lawsuit challenging multiple provisions of North Carolina’s “Anti-Riot Act”, as recently amended by House Bill 40.l (HB 40).
Court Case
Dec 21, 2022
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  • LGBTQIA+ Equality|
  • +1 Issue

Zayre-Brown v. North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (NC DAC)

The ACLU, ACLU of North Carolina, and Patterson Harkavy LLP have sued the NC prison system on behalf of Kanautica Zayre-Brown, a transgender woman incarcerated at Anson CI, for failing to provide her essential gender-affirming health care.
Court Case
Feb 25, 2021
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  • Criminal Law Reform

NC NAACP v. Cooper (Rights of Incarcerated People)

Court Case
Nov 2, 2020
Alamance Protest Case 11/2020
  • Voting Rights & Democracy|
  • +1 Issue

Drumwright, et al. v. Cole, et al.

Court Case
Oct 26, 2020
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  • Criminal Law Reform|
  • +1 Issue

Hallinan v. Scarantino

Court Case
Sep 3, 2020
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  • Reproductive Freedom|
  • +1 Issue

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. Moore

We are fighting in the courts to protect abortion access in North Carolina. This case challenges several unnecessary abortion restrictions currently on the books.