A group of civil rights and civil liberties groups have filed an amicus brief with the Florida Supreme Court in support of Florida State Attorney Aramis Ayala in her lawsuit challenging Gov. Rick Scott’s...
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Jan 2, 2020
Calvin v. Jefferson Co. Board of Commissioners
Status: Victory!
ACLUFL and Florida Justice Institute filed a lawsuit challenging "prison gerrymandering", a practice that includes non voting prisoners in a district's population, inflating the voting power of the...
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Sep 18, 2019
McArdle v. City of Ocala
Criminal Justice
Status: Filed
The Southern Legal Counsel, ACLU of Florida, and pro bono attorney Andy Pozzuto filed filed a federal class action lawsuit against the city of Ocala on behalf of more than 200 other similarly situated...
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Feb 19, 2019
Phoebe Flanagan v. State of Florida
Criminal Justice
Phoebe Flanagan is challenging the Escambia County, Fla., Clerk’s conditioning her driver’s license on monthly payments from her only fungible source of income, her SSI disability benefits, as a violation...
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Dec 5, 2018
Peter Sean Brown v. Richard Ramsay
Immigrants' Rights
Status: Filed
The ACLU, ACLU of Florida, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a natural-born U.S. citizen who was unlawfully detained and nearly deported...
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Apr 28, 2014
Marriage Recognition Motion for Preliminary Injunction
LGBTQ+ Rights
Motion for preliminary injunction in lawsuit challenging Florida's refusal to recognize same-sex marriages performed outside the state....