Along with our advocacy, legislative, and public education work, litigation remains one of the fundamental tools with which the ACLU of Texas 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 American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and Jackson & Walker LLP have filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, on behalf of a Texas family, asserting that the...
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP have filed a lawsuit, on behalf of people jailed without lawyers in Travis County, to...
The ACLU of Texas, the ACLU, and the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) are challenging Texas’ extreme anti-immigrant legislation, Senate Bill 4. ...
The ACLU of Texas and partners are challenging Texas’ anti-voter legislation, Senate Bill 1.
The lawsuit was brought on behalf of the League of Women Voters of Texas, Register, Educate, Vote,...
The ACLU of Texas and partners are suing over the unlawful, prolonged detention of four immigrants by two counties on the Texas border in 2021 and 2022.
Two LGBTQIA+ nonprofit organizations, two drag production and entertainment companies, and a drag artist are suing the State of Texas to stop state officials from implementing an unconstitutional and far-...