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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

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

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
Active Case

In re Dallas Arboretum

Lambda Legal has filed a complaint with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical...

Case Filed: 02/04/2022

Court: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Texas
Active Case

Hobby Lobby v. Sommerville

Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Meggan Sommerville, a transgender woman, in her almost decade-long fight with...

Case Filed: 12/22/2020

Court: Second District Appellate Court of Illinois

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Illinois
Active Case

Wade v. Starbucks Corp.

Lambda Legal and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) led a coalition of LGBTQ advocacy organizations and legal aid...

Case Filed: 08/21/2020

Court: Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fifth Appellate District

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • California
Closed Case

Eller v. Prince George’s County Public Schools

Lambda Legal joined Arnold & Porter in a lawsuit filed against the Prince George’s County Public Schools and Board of...

Case Filed: 12/10/2018

Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Maryland
Active Case

Horton v. Midwest Geriatric Management

Lambda Legal and co-counsel Mark Schuver and Natalie Lorenz filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...

Case Filed: 03/02/2018

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Illinois
  • Missouri
Closed Case

Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

Lambda Legal, joined by the Human Rights Campaign, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National LGBTQ Task Force, and PFLAG, filed...

Case Filed: 01/19/2018

Court: Supreme Court of the United States

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
Active Case

Pierce v. Ackal

Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on behalf of William...

Case Filed: 10/24/2017

Court: United States District Court Western District of Louisiana Lafayette Division

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • HIV
  • Louisiana
Landmark Case

Bostock v. Clayton County, GA / Zarda v. Altitude Express / RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes Inc v. EEOC

On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision approving the analysis Lambda Legal has been advancing for...

Case Filed: 06/26/2017

Court: United States Supreme Court

Decision: Landmark Case

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • New York
Closed Case

Lively v. Fletcher Hospital d/b/a Park Ridge Health

Lawsuit seeking compensation for Sandra Lively, a registered nurse at North Carolina hospital Park Ridge Health, for the thousands of...

Case Filed: 02/11/2016

Court: United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • North Carolina
Closed Case

Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital

Lambda Legal asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case of Jameka Evans, a Savannah security guard who was...

Case Filed: 01/06/2016

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Georgia
Landmark Case

Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College

In groundbreaking 8-3 decision, the full Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation violates...

Case Filed: 10/19/2015

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decision: Landmark Case

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Indiana
Closed Case

Freeman et al. v. Parker and City of Houston

Federal lawsuit on behalf of three City of Houston employees stripped of spousal health coverage benefits for their same-sex spouses.

Case Filed: 12/26/2013

Court:

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Texas
Closed Case

Frost v. Hesperia Unified School District

Case representing non-closeted lesbian high school English teacher whose contract was not renewed at a Southern California high school after...

Case Filed: 11/19/2013

Court: San Bernardino County Superior Court, California

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • California