Wisconsin
Eucke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission
Just weeks before Election Day, three individuals filed a lawsuit asking a court to initiate an improper purge of Milwaukee voters from the voter rolls. We moved to intervene to protect voters from being purged based on unreliable information.
Status: Ongoing
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12 Wisconsin Cases
Wisconsin
Oct 2024
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Collins et al. v. The City of Milwaukee et al.
On February 21, 2017, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Wisconsin, and the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP filed a class-action lawsuit against the City of Milwaukee in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. This lawsuit challenged the Milwaukee Police Department’s unconstitutional stop-and-frisk program that targeted tens of thousands of people without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, primarily driven by racial profiling.
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Wisconsin
Oct 2024
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Collins et al. v. The City of Milwaukee et al.
On February 21, 2017, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Wisconsin, and the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP filed a class-action lawsuit against the City of Milwaukee in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. This lawsuit challenged the Milwaukee Police Department’s unconstitutional stop-and-frisk program that targeted tens of thousands of people without reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, primarily driven by racial profiling.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2019
Criminal Law Reform
Mitchell v. Wisconsin
Whether under the Fourth Amendment police can order a blood draw from an unconscious motorist without a warrant where state law purports to impute “consent” to a blood draw to everyone who drives an automobile in the state.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2019
Criminal Law Reform
Mitchell v. Wisconsin
Whether under the Fourth Amendment police can order a blood draw from an unconscious motorist without a warrant where state law purports to impute “consent” to a blood draw to everyone who drives an automobile in the state.
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2017
Voting Rights
Gill v. Whitford
Whether partisan gerrymandering that entrenches a legislative majority violates the First Amendment.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2017
Voting Rights
Gill v. Whitford
Whether partisan gerrymandering that entrenches a legislative majority violates the First Amendment.
Wisconsin
Apr 2017
LGBTQ Rights
Boyden v. State of Wisconsin
Alina Boyden and Shannon Andrews, two state employees who are transgender filed a lawsuit against the State of Wisconsin. The case challenges the state’s categorical ban on coverage for certain types of necessary medical care for persons who are transgender under federal law and the Constitution.
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Wisconsin
Apr 2017
LGBTQ Rights
Boyden v. State of Wisconsin
Alina Boyden and Shannon Andrews, two state employees who are transgender filed a lawsuit against the State of Wisconsin. The case challenges the state’s categorical ban on coverage for certain types of necessary medical care for persons who are transgender under federal law and the Constitution.