New Jersey
Parks v. McCormac
On January 29, 2024, the ACLU and the ACLU of New Jersey filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in support of Plaintiff Nijeer Parks. The brief argues that law enforcement’s wrongful arrest of Mr. Parks due to police reliance on unreliable facial face recognition technology violated Mr. Parks’s constitutional rights.
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New Jersey Supreme Court
Nov 2023
Women's Rights
Free Speech
Usachenok v. State of New Jersey
The New Jersey Department of Treasury maintains a policy that requires employers investigating workplace discrimination to “request” confidentiality from all witnesses with respect to any information related to the investigation. This case involves whether a confidentiality policy of this kind violates the free speech rights under the New Jersey Constitution of state employees who are witnesses, and whether those rights are broader than the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment free speech right. The ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative and Women’s Rights Project, along with the ACLU of New Jersey, filed an amicus brief in the New Jersey Supreme Court, urging that court to revive a government employee’s speech claim challenging the confidentiality policy and to interpret the New Jersey Constitution’s speech protection more broadly than federal constitutional law. In April 2024, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in our favor and reversed the judgment of the Appellate Division.
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New Jersey Supreme Court
Nov 2023
Women's Rights
Free Speech
Usachenok v. State of New Jersey
The New Jersey Department of Treasury maintains a policy that requires employers investigating workplace discrimination to “request” confidentiality from all witnesses with respect to any information related to the investigation. This case involves whether a confidentiality policy of this kind violates the free speech rights under the New Jersey Constitution of state employees who are witnesses, and whether those rights are broader than the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment free speech right. The ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative and Women’s Rights Project, along with the ACLU of New Jersey, filed an amicus brief in the New Jersey Supreme Court, urging that court to revive a government employee’s speech claim challenging the confidentiality policy and to interpret the New Jersey Constitution’s speech protection more broadly than federal constitutional law. In April 2024, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in our favor and reversed the judgment of the Appellate Division.
New Jersey
Apr 2019
Women's Rights
Curto v. A Country Place Condominium Association
On June 7, 2018, the Women's Rights Project, the Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief, the ACLU of New Jersey, and Powell & Román, LLC filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on behalf of Marie Curto, Steve Lusardi, and Diana Lusardi, who faced fines for using their condominium’s pool contrary to the condominium association’s sex-segregated swimming pool hours. The condominium association’s policy limits when residents may use a communal swimming pool based explicitly and exclusively on the residents’ gender, in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The district court upheld the explicitly sex-segregated schedule. On appeal, the Third Circuit reversed the district court's decision.
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New Jersey
Apr 2019
Women's Rights
Curto v. A Country Place Condominium Association
On June 7, 2018, the Women's Rights Project, the Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief, the ACLU of New Jersey, and Powell & Román, LLC filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on behalf of Marie Curto, Steve Lusardi, and Diana Lusardi, who faced fines for using their condominium’s pool contrary to the condominium association’s sex-segregated swimming pool hours. The condominium association’s policy limits when residents may use a communal swimming pool based explicitly and exclusively on the residents’ gender, in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The district court upheld the explicitly sex-segregated schedule. On appeal, the Third Circuit reversed the district court's decision.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2017
Religious Liberty
Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton
Whether pension plans established by religiously affiliated health care providers are exempt as “church plans” from federal law protecting employees’ pension rights and retirement benefits.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2017
Religious Liberty
Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton
Whether pension plans established by religiously affiliated health care providers are exempt as “church plans” from federal law protecting employees’ pension rights and retirement benefits.
New Jersey
Oct 2014
Racial Justice
Civil Rights Complaint Challenging Tracking and Discipline Practices in South Orange-Maplewood School District
The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of New Jersey and the Center for Civil Rights Remedies of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, have filed a complaint with the federal Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) urging an investigation into New Jersey's South Orange-Maplewood School District's practices of tracking and school discipline that affect students differently based on race and disability status.
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New Jersey
Oct 2014
Racial Justice
Civil Rights Complaint Challenging Tracking and Discipline Practices in South Orange-Maplewood School District
The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of New Jersey and the Center for Civil Rights Remedies of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, have filed a complaint with the federal Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) urging an investigation into New Jersey's South Orange-Maplewood School District's practices of tracking and school discipline that affect students differently based on race and disability status.