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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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...
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Mississippi Center for Justice, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU-MS and Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) filed a federal lawsuit challenging S.B. 2358...
The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Mississippi have filed a lawsuit against Harrison County School District (HCSD) after school officials told a graduating transgender student she could not...
Three Jackson residents filed a lawsuit in the Chancery Court of Hinds County asking that court to block the implementation of House Bill 1020 because it violates the Mississippi Constitution. Plaintiffs...
Civil rights advocates challenged Mississippi’s 2022 state legislative district maps for unlawfully diluting the voting strength of Black Mississippians.
The suit, filed in the Chancery Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, argues that the Mississippi Legislature violated Section 208 of the State Constitution by appropriating $10 million to private schools....