The ACLU of Vermont's complete litigation docket is listed below and will be updated as new lawsuits are filed.
After five years of litigation, we successfully settled a case involving Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests submitted by Migrant Justice, an organization working on behalf of the farmworker community in Vermont.
Brattleboro resident and Black Lives Matter supporter Isabel Vinson filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Vermont law that prohibits “disturbing peace by use of telephone or other electronic communications.”
The complaint alleges, among other things, that by failing to address severe and known racial harassment, Twin Valley unlawfully deprived C.B. of her right to a school environment free of discrimination.
The Vermont Supreme Court ruled in our favor on behalf of a Vermont couple who were prosecuted following an August 2018 “roving patrol” stop by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Jay.
Cassandra Keating and Joel Fowler filed a complaint on April 7, 2021 with the Vermont Human Rights Commission (HRC) against the Bennington Select Board for unlawfully retaliating against the couple.
The ACLU of Vermont is supporting an effort by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) to obtain records of legal claims filed against Vermont’s former prison healthcare provider over a period of five years.