Legal Cases

Along with our advocacy, legislative, and public education work, litigation remains one of the fundamental tools with which the ACLU of New Hampshire fights for equality and civil rights throughout the Granite State. See below for more information on the cases we've brought to the courts.
 
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Jan 20, 2023

Brown v. N.H. Secretary of State

Voting Rights
Status: Pending

On January 20, 2023, the ACLU-NH and the ACLU filed a friend-of-the-court brief in this case ...

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Jan 14, 2023

Higgins et. al. v. City of Manchester

Status: Pending

On January 13, 2023, the ACLU of New Hampshire and New Hampshire Legal Assistance...

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Dec 2, 2022

Spofford v. New Hampshire Public Radio et al.

First Amendment
Status: Pending

On December 2, 2022, the ACLU of New Hampshire -- along with the New England First Amendment Coalition, Union Leader Corporation, and the Caledonian Record Publication Co., Inc. --...

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Nov 8, 2022

Bazile v. Garland/Fonjia v. Garland

Immigrants' Rights

These cases involve how the First Circuit should determine whether an immigration petition for review was properly filed at the First Circuit. Since the Fourth Circuit’s...

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Oct 19, 2022

Richards v. Azzi and Union Leader Corporation

First Amendment
Status: Pending

On October 19, 2022, the ACLU-NH, New England First Amendment Coalition, and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders...

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Oct 5, 2022

John Does v. Manchester Police Department; BLM-Manchester and ACLU-NH v. Manchester Police Department

Racial Justice
Status: Pending

Filed on October 5, 2022, this case concerns the Manchester Police Department’s investigation into Officer Christian Horn’s sustained misconduct where he, while on duty in February 2021,...

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