The ACLU of Tennessee stands up for equality, fairness and justice in the courts. Through our impact litigation and other legal advocacy, we’re fighting for you. ACLU’s legal advocacy in Tennessee spans from the historic Scopes “Monkey Trial” and representation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the sanitation workers’ march in Memphis, to ensuring access to private prison records, protecting families’ religious freedom rights, advocating for gay and lesbian parents who were denied visitation with their children, defending voters’ right to have their ballots counted, and much more. You can learn more about specific cases below.
(No. 3:09-cv-00446, U.S. District Court Middle District Tennessee, Judge William J. Haynes)
Plaintiffs: Keila Franks, by and through her next friend and mother Pamela Auble;...
(No. W2010-01151-COA-R3-CV, Tennessee Court of Appeals for the Western District)
ACLU Attorneys: Christine Sun, ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project; Tricia...
ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorneys: Gerald Gulley and Chris Oldham of Gulley and Oldham
David Higgins’ daughter, a Roane County student, was subjected to eight “random” drug tests...
ACLU-TN Cooperating Attorneys: Bruce Kramer, Borod & Kramer, P.C.; ACLU First Amendment Working Group (Direct Representation)
Plaintiffs: Thaddeus Matthews...