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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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People of Michigan v. Jeffrey Martin Six

Lambda Legal and the ACLU of Michigan filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of Jeffrey Martin Six in support of...

Case Filed: 01/30/2020

Court: Michigan Court of Appeals

  • Fair Courts
  • Michigan
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Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. v. United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit to compel the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to release information...

Case Filed: 05/22/2019

Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

  • Fair Courts
  • New York
Active Case

Lucas v. Chalk

Lambda Legal, Just Detention International (JDI), and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of...

Case Filed: 01/14/2019

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Criminal Legal System and Police Misconduct
  • Fair Courts
  • Tennessee
Closed Case

Lambda Legal v. the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

On September 13, 2018, Lambda Legal and American Oversight, a non-partisan, nonprofit ethics watchdog committed to transparency and accountability in...

Case Filed: 09/13/2018

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

  • Fair Courts
  • Washington, D.C.
Active Case

Lambda Legal v. Office of Management and Budget

As the U.S. Senate started the confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Lambda...

Case Filed: 09/04/2018

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

  • Fair Courts
  • Washington, D.C.
Active Case

Rhines v. Young

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota, GLBTQ Advocates & Defenders, the...

Case Filed: 08/02/2018

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Criminal Legal System and Police Misconduct
  • Fair Courts
  • South Dakota
Landmark Case

SmithKline Beecham v. Abbott Laboratories

Amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit urging that heightened scrutiny be applied to discrimination...

Case Filed: 01/21/2014

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decision: Landmark Case

  • Fair Courts
  • California
Closed Case

In re Judge Connie Glenn Wilkerson

Complaint arguing that an antigay judge in Mississippi violated the state’s Code of Judicial Conduct

Case Filed: 10/28/2011

Court: Mississippi Supreme Court

  • Fair Courts
  • Mississippi
Closed Case

Turner v. White

Case seeking access to legal proceedings for a name change and waiver of fees on behalf of transgender woman

Case Filed: 10/28/2011

Court: Illinois Supreme Court

  • Fair Courts
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Illinois
Closed Case

Hollingsworth v. Perry (formerly known as Perry v. Brown and Perry v. Schwarzenegger)

A federal case challenging California’s discriminatory ballot measure, Prop 8, which eliminated same-sex couples’ right to marry in that state.

Case Filed: 10/28/2011

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

Decision: Victory

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Fair Courts
  • California
Closed Case

Florida Family Policy Council v. Freeman

(Amicus) Case arguing in favor of the “recusal canon” to maintain fair and impartial judges

Case Filed: 08/01/2006

Court:

  • Fair Courts
  • Florida