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Walker v. Marshall

Walker v. Marshall

Status:

Closed

Court:

United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Northern Division

Issues:

Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments, Health Care Fairness, Transgender and Nonbinary Rights, Students' Rights

Clients:
  • Jeffrey (“Jeff”) Walker, Lisa Walker, and H.W.
  • Jeffrey (“Jeff”) White, Christa White, and C.W.
Attorneys:

Lambda Legal 

  • Carl Charles
  • Tara Borelli
  • Sruti J. Swaminathan

American Civil Liberties Union

  • Li Nowlin-Sohl
  • Malita Picasso
  • Chase Strangio
  • James D. Esseks

American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama Foundation

  • LaTisha Gotell Faulks
  • Kaitlin Welborn

Cooley LLP

  • Kathleen R. Hartnett
  • Julie Veroff
  • Zoë W. Helstrom
  • Andrew Barr
  • Adam Katz
  • Elizabeth Reinhardt
  • Katelyn Kang
  • Valeria M. Pelet del Toro
  • Robby L.R. Saldaña

Transgender Law Center

  • Lynly S. Egyes
  • Milo Inglehart
  • Dale Melchert

Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of two Alabama families challenging the felony health care ban, a state law that criminalizes anyone who engages in providing medical care to transgender youth with fines and up to 10 years in prison. 

The lawsuit alleges that the new Alabama law violates the equal protection and due process clauses of the U.S. Constitution.