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Lambda Legal’s Case Work

For five decades and counting, Lambda Legal has proudly served as attorneys for the LGBTQ+ community and people living with HIV. Find out what’s on our docket right now—and go in depth on each of our current cases below.

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City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson, et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Other Similarly Situated 

Lambda Legal filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case addressing whether...

Case Filed: 04/19/2024

Court: Supreme Court of the United States

  • Youth in Out-of-Home Care
  • Criminal Legal System and Police Misconduct
  • United States
  • Oregon
Active Case

PFLAG v. Office of the Attorney General of Texas

On February 9, PFLAG National—which has eighteen chapters in Texas—received civil demands from the Attorney General’s Office to turn over...

Case Filed: 02/29/2024

Court: District Court of Travis County, Texas

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Youth
  • Texas
Active Case

Soe v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners

Lambda Legal and the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School filed suit on Jan. 8,...

Case Filed: 01/08/2024

Court: Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans

  • Health Care Fairness
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Louisiana
Active Case

Iowa Safe Schools, et al v. Reynolds

Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Iowa, and the law firm Jenner & Block LLP filed a lawsuit in federal court...

Case Filed: 11/28/2023

Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Central Division

  • Students' Rights
  • Iowa
Active Case

Voe v. Mansfield

Lambda Legal and the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) sued the State of North Carolina to block implementation of a...

Case Filed: 10/11/2023

Court: District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Students' Rights
  • North Carolina
Active Case

Noe, et al. v. Parson, et al.

Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Missouri, and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP filed a lawsuit in Cole County Circuit court...

Case Filed: 07/25/2023

Court: Circuit Court of Cole County State of Missouri

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Students' Rights
  • Missouri
Active Case

John Doe v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department

Lambda Legal, with partners McDermott Will & Emery and Merchant Gould P.C., filed a federal lawsuit against Metropolitan Government of...

Case Filed: 07/24/2023

Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

  • HIV
  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Tennessee
Active Case

Loe, et al. v. Texas, et al.

Lambda Legal, the ACLU, the ACLU of Texas, and the Transgender Law Center, along with the law firms Scott, Douglass...

Case Filed: 07/13/2023

Court: Supreme Court of Texas

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Texas
Active Case

Roe, et al. v. Critchfield, et al.  

Lambda Legal, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, and Alturas Law Group, PLLC filed a federal lawsuit against the Idaho State...

Case Filed: 07/07/2023

Court: United States District Court for the District of Idaho

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Idaho
Active Case

A.B. v. Premera Blue Cross

Lambda Legal, Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger PLLC, and QLaw Foundation of Washington filed a federal class action lawsuit on behalf...

Case Filed: 06/27/2023

Court: U.S District Court for the Western District of Washington

  • Health Care Fairness
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Washington
Active Case

Roe v. Precythe, et. al.

Lambda Legal, the MacArthur Justice Center and law firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon sued the Missouri Department of Corrections (“MODOC”)...

Case Filed: 06/27/2023

Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

  • Criminal Legal System and Police Misconduct
  • HIV
  • Missouri
Active Case

van Garderen v. State of Montana

In a lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Montana, and Perkins Coie, two...

Case Filed: 05/09/2023

Court: Fourth Judicial District Court Missoula County

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Students' Rights
  • Montana
Active Case

Poe et.al. v. Drummond et.al. 

In a lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Oklahoma, and the law firm...

Case Filed: 05/02/2023

Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Students' Rights
Closed Case

Southampton Community Healthcare v. Bailey

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri (ACLU-MO) and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP filed a petition seeking...

Case Filed: 04/24/2023

Court: St. Louis County Court

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Missouri
Active Case

L.W. et al v. Skrmetti et al 

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP are...

Case Filed: 04/21/2023

Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Youth
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Tennessee