No the ACLU was not directly involved in that case  The source Walker the primary historian of the ACLU devotes nearly two pages to that case and related issues because it was a major event in the history of civil liberties in the US  even though the ACLU was not directly involved  Not sure if it should stay in this article  Since the ACLU was not involved in the case perhaps it should be removed On the other hand this article is for now serving as the history of civil liberties in the United States after  so one could argue that it should stay  Let me know which way to go