The ACLU of Vermont's complete litigation docket is listed below and will be updated as new lawsuits are filed.
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Apr 28, 2025
Öztürk v. Trump
On March 25, 2025, Rümeysa Öztürk, a PhD student at Tufts University, was grabbed, arrested and detained in Somerville, MA by plainclothes federal agents in retaliation for an op-ed she co-authored in......
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Apr 14, 2025
Mahdawi v. Trump
On April 14, Mohsen Madawi was scheduled to attend his long-awaited naturalization interview at an immigration field office in Colchester, VT. Following his interview, plainclothes ICE agents with hooded...
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Mar 20, 2024
C.B. v. Twin Valley Middle High School
Racial Justice
Status: Settled
School administrators took no meaningful action to address ongoing racist bullying.
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Mar 6, 2024
Ivo Skoric v. Department of Labor
Status: Filed
In an amicus brief filed at the Vermont Supreme Court, the ACLU of Vermont asserts that the State may not withhold unemployment benefits from individuals simply because they used medical cannabis off-duty—...
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Jan 30, 2024
Cathy Austrian o/b/o J.A. v. City of Burlington
Community Safety & Policing
Status: Filed
The parent of a Burlington teenager (referenced in court filings as “J.A.”) filed a lawsuit against the City of Burlington alleging discriminatory and unconstitutional treatment by city officials. The case...
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Oct 17, 2023
Vinson v. Clark, et. al.
Free Speech and Expression
Status: Filed
Isabel Vinson was criminally cited by the Brattleboro Police Department for her online criticism of a local business owner’s derogatory Facebook posts about the Black Lives Matter movement.