List of court cases involving the American Civil Liberties Union

This is a list of cases that have involved the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to some degree.

1920s

1925
* "Tennessee v. Scopes" (Scopes Trial) - paid for John Scopes' defense
* "Gitlow v. New York" - represented Benjamin Gitlow

1927
* "Whitney v. California"

1930s

1931
* "Stromberg v. California" - represented Yetta Stromberg

1932
* "Powell v. Alabama" - represented the Scottsboro Boys

1937
* "DeJonge v. Oregon" - represented Dirk DeJonge

1939
* "Hague v. CIO"

1939
* "Bolanos v. California" - represented Wesley Packard

1940s

1943
* "Hirabayashi v. United States" - Amicus curiae for Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi
* "West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette" - Amicus curiae

1947
* "Everson v. Board of Education" - Amicus curiae for Arch R. Everson

1950s

1954
*" Brown v. Board of Education" - Amicus curiae for Oliver Brown

1957
* "Roth v. United States" - Amicus curiae for Samuel Roth
* "Yates v. United States" - Amicus curiae for Yates

1958
* "Speiser v. Randall" - ACLU lawyer Lawrence Speiser defended himself

1960s

1961
* "Mapp v. Ohio" - Amicus curiae for Dollree Mapp

1962
* "Engel v. Vitale" - represented Steven I. Engel

1963
* "Abington School District v. Schempp" - represented Edward Schempp
* "Gideon v. Wainwright" - Amicus curiae for Clarence Earl Gideon

1964
* "Escobedo v. Illinois" - Amicus curiae for Danny Escobedo
* "New York Times Co. v. Sullivan" - Amicus curiae for The New York Times
* "Reynolds v. Sims" - represented B.A. Reynolds

1965
* "Griswold v. Connecticut" - Amicus curiae for Estelle T. Griswold
* "United States v. Seeger" - Amicus curiae for Seeger, Jakobson and Peter

1966
* "Miranda v. Arizona" - Amicus curiae for Ernesto Miranda

1968
* "Epperson v. Arkansas" - Amicus curiae for Susan Epperson
* "Jones v. Mayer" - Amicus curiae for Joseph Lee Jones
* "Terry v. Ohio" - Amicus curiae for John W. Terry

1969
* "Brandenburg v. Ohio" - represented Clarence Brandenburg
* "Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District" - represented the Tinker and Eckhardt families

1970s

1971
* "Cohen v. California" - Amicus curiae for Paul Robert Cohen
* "New York Times Co. v. United States" - Amicus curiae for The New York Times and The Washington Post
* "Reed v. Reed" - represented Sally Reed

1972
* "Eisenstadt v. Baird" - Amicus curiae for William Baird
* "Furman v. Georgia" - Amicus curiae for William Furman, Lucious Jackson and Elmer Branch

1973
* "Roe v. Wade"
* "Doe v. Bolton" - represented "Mary Doe"
* "Frontiero v. Richardson" - Amicus curiae for Sharron Frontiero
* "Miller v. California" - Amicus curiae for Marvin Miller

1974
* "United States v. Nixon" - Amicus curiae against Richard Nixon

1978
* "National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie" - represented the National Socialist Party of America

1980s

1982
* "New York v. Ferber" [http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/comm/free_speech/ferber.html] - Amicus curiae for Paul Ferber

1983
* "City of Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health"

1985
* "Wallace v. Jaffree" - Amicus curiae for Ishmael Jaffree

1987
* "Edwards v. Aguillard" - represented Aguillard pro bono

1989
* "County of Allegheny v. ACLU" - represented itself
*" Texas v. Johnson" - Amicus curiae for Gregory Lee Johnson
* "United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez" - Amicus curiae for Rene Martin Verdugo-Urquidez
* "Webster v. Reproductive Health Services"

1990s

1990
* "Cruzan v. Director of the Missouri Department of Health" - represented Nancy Cruzan's family
*" Employment Division v. Smith" - Amicus curiae for Alfred Smith and Galen Black
* "Hodgson v. Minnesota"
* "United States v. Eichman" - Amicus curiae for Shawn Eichman

1991
* "Rust v. Sullivan"

1992
* "Lee v. Weisman" - Amicus curiae for Deborah Weisman
* "Planned Parenthood v. Casey" - represented Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania
* "R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul" - Amicus curiae for R. A. V.

1995
* "Miller v. Johnson"

1996
* "ACLU v Zell Miller" [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=11th&navby=case&no=988075opn] - represented itself
* "Romer v. Evans"
* "NOW v. Scheidler" - Amicus curiae

1997
* "Reno v. ACLU"

1999
* "ACLU v. Schundler"
*" Hunt v. Cromartie" - Amicus curiae

2000s

2000
* "Stenberg v. Carhart" - Amicus curiae
* "Curley v. NAMBLA" - represented NAMBLA pro bono
* "Boy Scouts of America v. Dale" - Amicus curiae
* "City of Indianapolis v. Edmond"

2002
* "ACLU v. Ashcroft (2002)"

2003
* "State v. Dalton"
*" McConnell v. FEC"
* "Lawrence v. Texas" - Amicus curiae
* "Goodridge v. Department of Public Health" - Amicus curiae
* "Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of New England" - Amicus curiae

2004
* "ACLU v. Ashcroft (2004)"
* "ACLU v. Department of Defense" - appellant
* "Hamdi v. Rumsfeld" - Amicus curiae
* "Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow" - Amicus curiae
* "Rumsfeld v. Padilla" - Amicus curiae
* "Rasul v. Bush" - Amicus curiae
* "Locke v. Davey" - Amicus curiae

2005
* "Castle Rock v. Gonzales" - Amicus curiae for Jessica Gonzales
* "City of San Diego and Mt. Soledad Memorial Association v. Paulson" - represented Philip Paulson
* "McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky" - ACLU defended itself
* "The King’s English v. Shurtleff" - represented King's English and others
* "Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District" - represented eleven parents
* "Varian v. Delfino" - Amicus curiae for Michelangelo Delfino and Mary Day
* "Gonzales v. Oregon" - Amicus curiae for Oregon
* "Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights" - Amicus curiae for Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights
* "MGM v. Grokster" - Amicus curiae in support of Grokster

2006
* "Qassim v. Bush" - Amicus curiae in support of Qassim
* "ACLU v. NSA"

2007
* "Morse v. Frederick" - Amicus curiae in support of Frederick
* "Gonzales v. Carhart" and "Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood" - Amicus curiae in support of Carhart and Planned Parenthood