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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Aug 13, 2019

Beaubrun v. U.S. Attorney General

Immigrants' Rights
Status: Pending

On August 12, 2019, the ACLU of New Hampshire filed an emergency federal lawsuit afternoon on behalf of a Haitian immigrant who was to be transferred on August 13 to Louisiana to be deported. A federal...

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Jul 23, 2019

ACLU of New Hampshire and the Concord Monitor v. City of Concord

Status: Pending

This is a Right-to-Know lawsuit on behalf of the ACLU-NH and the Concord Monitor...

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Jul 10, 2019

Pepen v. Hillsborough County Department of Corrections

Immigrants' Rights
Status: Pending

This case is about whether local and state officials who hold undocumented immigrants on "ICE detainers" are in violation of New Hampshire law.  New...

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Jun 21, 2019

Seacoast Newspapers, Inc. v. City of Portsmouth

Status: Pending

On June 21, 2019, the law firm Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, P.A. and the ACLU-NH filed...

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Jun 13, 2019

Pereira Brito v. Barr

Immigrants' Rights
Status: Pending

In June of 2019, the ACLU of New Hampshire, together with the ACLU of Massachusetts,...

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Jun 11, 2019

Neal Kurk v. City of Manchester

Status: Decided

On June 11, 2019, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire filed a...

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