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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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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
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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
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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: District Court of Travis County, Texas

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

John Doe v. Delaware County, et al.

On June 24, 2022, Lambda Legal, AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, and attorney Scott A. Schoettes, Esq. filed an amended...

Case Filed: 12/05/2022

Court: Unites States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

  • Criminal Legal System and Police Misconduct
  • HIV
  • Delaware
Closed Case

Baldwin v. Nevada System of Higher Education and Public Employees’ Benefits Program

Lambda Legal filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of Alexandra “Lexa” Baldwin, a transgender...

Case Filed: 11/11/2022

Court: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Decision: Victory

  • Health Care Fairness
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • United States
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Wilkins v. Austin

Lambda Legal filed a legal challenge to the U.S. Military policy that prevents people living with HIV from enlisting in...

Case Filed: 11/10/2022

Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • HIV
  • United States