NYCLU v. Suffolk County (Challenging County's Refusal to Disclose Records Regarding Records on Rejection of Same-Sex Marriage Ad

State Supreme Court, Suffolk County Index No. 49977/09 (direct)

Sullivan v. City of New York

E.D.N.Y. Index No. CV09 5482 (direct) The NYCLU filed this lawsuit on behalf of an environmental advocate who was targeted by police and unlawfully arrested in retaliation for publicly criticizing Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro’s economic development policies and opposing his reelection.

NYCLU v. NYPD (Seeking Access to Police Shooting Incident Reports)

State Supreme Court, New York County, Index No. (direct) This lawsuit challenges the NYPD’s refusal to disclose basic facts about individual police shootings.

NYCLU v. U.S. Deptartment of Homeland Security (Seeking Access to Information About Lower Manhattan Security Initiative)

S.D.N.Y. Index No. 09 CV 5329 (direct) This lawsuit challenges the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s refusal to disclose public records about the massive surveillance system it is helping the NYPD develop in downtown Manhattan.

NYCLU v. New York City Transit Authority

S.D.N.Y. Index No. 09 CIV 3595 (direct) This federal lawsuit challenges secrecy in the hearing process for people accused by police officers of offenses on New York City’s subways and buses. The secret, closed-door hearings violate the First Amendment, the New York State Constitution and the state’s common law.

Campeau-Laurion v. Raymond Kelly, The New York Yankees Partnership, et al.

S.D.N.Y. Index No. 09 CIV 3790 (direct) This federal lawsuit was filed April 15, 2009 on behalf of a Queens man who was ejected from the old Yankee Stadium after trying to use the restroom during “God Bless America.” The lawsuit maintains that Bradford Campeau-Laurion, a 30-year-old lifelong baseball fan, was the victim of religious and political discrimination on Aug. 26, 2008 when police officers forcibly restrained and ejected him from Yankee Stadium after he tried to walk past an officer during the playing of “God Bless America.”

Amnesty v. Blair (Challenging the FISA Amendments Act of 2008)

S.D.N.Y., Index No. 08 Civ. 6259 (direct) This case challenges the constitutionality of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 – a law that gives the government virtually unchecked authority to intercept Americans’ international e-mails and telephone calls. The NYCLU and ACLU filed the lawsuit on behalf of a broad coalition of attorneys and human rights, labor, legal and media organizations whose ability to perform their work – which relies on confidential communications – are compromised by the new law. Most of the clients are in New York.

Wiita v. Raymond Kelly, et al.

S.D.N.Y. Index No. 07 CIV. 11056 (direct) This case involves a Columbia University graduate student of Indian descent who was unlawfully handcuffed and detained by police officers while snapping photographs of an elevated train platform in upper Manhattan.

NYCLU and Leonard Levitt v. NYPD and Raymond Kelly

Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County (direct) This case is an attempt to compel the NYPD to disclose information about its policy for issuing press passes to journalists.

Brown v. Geren

District of Columbia, District Court (direct)