Carter v. Brasseaux
In an action to protect the rights to photograph and the privacy of cellphones, the ACLU of Louisiana filed suit today on behalf of a Lafayette mother who took photographs of a Lafayette police vehicle.
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Yarls v. Bunton (Orleans Public Defenders)
UPDATED January 31, 2017
Beem v. Social Security Administration
On behalf of a man seeking survivor benefits after the death of his husband, the ACLU of Louisiana filed a memorandum with an Administrative Law Judge of the Social Security Administration in Lafayette, LA. Gerald Allen Beem, widower of William Floyd Conley, filed a claim for survivor benefits a
North Baton Rouge Matters v. City of Baton Rouge
UPDATED November 29, 2016
Garden District Book Shop v. Caldwell
A Louisiana law passed during the state’s 2015 legislative session makes it a crime for any individual in Louisiana to publish material on the Internet that may be “harmful to minors” without an age verification screen. On November 4, 2015, the ACLU, the ACLU of Louisiana, and Dentons U.S.
Landry v. City of Abbeville
The ACLU of Louisiana has filed suit to invalidate a policy of the City of Abbeville Police Department prohibiting department employees from engaging in commentary on social media if the comments might give a “negative view towards” the police department, the City or its employees or residents.