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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Schlacter et. al. v. U.S. Department of State et. al.
Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit on behalf of seven transgender U.S. citizens, including one who is nonbinary, challenging the Trump...
Case Filed: 04/25/2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
San Francisco AIDS Foundation v. Trump
Multiple LGBTQ, Health, and HIV organizations sued the Trump Administration represented by Lambda Legal challenging three executive orders that together...
Case Filed: 02/20/2025
Court: U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California
National Urban League v. Trump
Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of nonprofit advocacy organizations challenging three anti-equity...
Case Filed: 02/19/2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Shilling v. Trump
Lambda Legal and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s ban...
Case Filed: 02/06/2025
Court: U.S. District Court-Western District of Washington
PFLAG v. Trump
Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Maryland, joined by pro-bono co-counsel Hogan Lovells and Jenner...
Case Filed: 02/04/2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Kennedy v. Braidwood
This case was formerly named ‘Braidwood v. Becerra.’ Kennedy v. Braidwood is a challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s coverage mandate....
Case Filed: 10/21/2024
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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