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Hobby Lobby v. Sommerville

Status:

Open

Court:

Second District Appellate Court of Illinois

Issues:

Employment and Rights in the Workplace, Transgender and Nonbinary Rights

Clients:

Equality Illinois

Attorneys:

Lambda Legal

Ethan Rice, Senior Attorney
Sasha Buchert, Senior Attorney
Avatara Smith-Carrington, Attorney and Tyron Garner Memorial Law Fellow
Camilla B. Taylor, Director of Constitutional Litigation
Gregory R. Nevins, Senior Counsel and Employment Fairness Project Director
Kara Ingelhart, Staff Attorney

 

Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Meggan Sommerville, a transgender woman, in her almost decade-long fight with her employer, Hobby Lobby, to gain access to the women’s facilities at work, facilities that match her gender identity.