Along with our advocacy, legislative, and public education work, litigation remains one of the fundamental tools with which the ACLU of Mississippi fights for equality and civil rights. See below for more information on the cases we've brought to the courts.
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The ACLU of Mississippi filed a lawsuit on behalf of our client, Deborah Powell, against the City of Lexington, Lexington police officer, Charles Henderson, and John Doe officer I, for violation of Ms....
The ACLU of Mississippi filed an amicus brief today on behalf of Willie Manning, a Black man on death row who was falsely convicted of killing two white college students.
Manning's case has many of...
The ACLU of Mississippi filed a lawsuit on behalf of our client, Andrial Young, against the City of Lexington and Lexington police officers, Sam Dobbins, Charles Henderson, and three John Doe officers, for...
The ACLU of Mississippi filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to support upholding a decision that prevents Mississippi from implementing HB 1126. The law...
We filed a lawsuit on behalf of Javarius Russell, an officer for the Jackson Public School District who says his constitutional rights were violated by the Lexington Police Department. Russell is just one...
Turkey Creek and the local Black communities that surround it are at risk again due to a proposed industrial military development that would increase flooding, risk toxic exposure from a contaminated...