Four Georgia families filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to stop Georgia Senate Bill 140 (“SB 140,” the “Health Care Ban,” or the “Ban”) from taking effect on July 1. The plaintiffs say the law strips...
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Jun 23, 2023
Effingham County
Racial Justice
Status: Filed
The ACLU of Georgia and the law firm Troutman Pepper filed a federal lawsuit in the Southern District of Georgia on behalf of current and former Effingham County School District (ECSD) students who, along...
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Mar 13, 2023
Nance v. Georgia Dept of Corrections
Criminal Legal Reform
Status: Active
Client on Georgia’s death row, has exhausted habeas appeals. Currently has a lethal injection challenged pending in NDGA, on remand from CA11, following a remand from SCOTUS. The Eleventh Circuit partially...
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Mar 13, 2023
Meshal v. Wright
Criminal Legal Reform
Status: Pending Appeal
Challenge to state’s use of FBI No Fly List to detain and search any motorist that is on the list, even though there is no probable cause to believe they have committed any crime, and there are no...
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Mar 13, 2023
Finn v. Cobb County Board of Elections
Status: Open
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ), ACLU of Georgia, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (Lawyer’s Committee) and Schulte, Roth & Zabel LLP (...
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Jul 26, 2022
Sistersong v. Georgia
Reproductive Freedom
Status: Active
Georgia physicians, reproductive health care providers, and advocates filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Fulton County bringing a state constitutional challenge against H.B. 481, a law banning...