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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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Kiviti v. Pompeo

Lambda Legal, with Immigration Equality and pro bono counsel Morgan Lewis, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of...

Case Filed: 09/12/2019

Court: U.S. District Court of Maryland

  • Immigration and Asylum
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Maryland
Active Case

Mize v. Pompeo

Lambda Legal, with Immigration Equality, and pro bono counsel Morgan Lewis, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for...

Case Filed: 09/12/2019

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division

  • Immigration and Asylum
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Georgia
Active Case

Rogers v. United States Department of Health and Human Services

Lambda Legal, the ACLU, ACLU of South Carolina, and South Carolina Equality Coalition are suing the U.S. Department of Health...

Case Filed: 05/30/2019

Court: United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, Greenville Division

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Religious Exemptions
  • Youth in Out-of-Home Care
  • South Carolina
Active Case

Colosimo v. Berryhill

Lambda Legal filed a motion on behalf of a 75-year-old gay man arguing that the Social Security Administration’s denial of...

Case Filed: 01/16/2019

Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Seniors
  • North Carolina
Active Case

Gonzales v. Berryhill

Lambda Legal filed a motion on behalf of a 63-year-old gay man arguing that the Social Security Administration’s denial of...

Case Filed: 12/12/2018

Court: U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Seniors
  • New Mexico
Landmark Case

Ely v. Saul (formerly Ely v. Berryhill)

A lawsuit against the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) on behalf of a 65-year-old gay man seeking spousal survivor’s benefits...

Case Filed: 11/20/2018

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

Decision: Landmark Case

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Seniors
  • Arizona
Closed Case

Fulton v. City of Philadelphia

Lambda Legal filed friend-of-the-court briefs in the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and again in the U.S. Supreme Court...

Case Filed: 10/05/2018

Court: Supreme Court of the United States

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Religious Exemptions
  • Youth in Out-of-Home Care
  • Pennsylvania
Active Case

Klein dba Sweetcakes by Melissa v. Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industry

Lambda Legal filed friend-of-the-court briefs on behalf of Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer, a lesbian couple, urging the Oregon appellate courts...

Case Filed: 03/15/2018

Court: Oregon Court of Appeals, United States Supreme Court

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Religious Exemptions
  • Oregon
Active Case

Marouf v. Becerra (Formerly Marouf v. Azar)

Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Conference...

Case Filed: 02/08/2018

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

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Religious Exemptions
  • Youth in Out-of-Home Care
  • Texas
  • Washington, D.C.
Active Case

L.C. v. M.G.

The case raises the question of whether the marital presumption of parentage applies to same-sex spouses. It involves a dispute...

Case Filed: 12/14/2017

Court: Supreme Court for the State of Hawai'i

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Hawaii
Closed Case

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

Lambda Legal filed friend-of-the-court briefs supporting Charlie Craig and David Mullins, a gay couple, urging the Colorado appellate courts and...

Case Filed: 12/03/2017

Court: Colorado Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of the United States

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Policy
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Religious Exemptions
  • Colorado
Closed Case

Freeman v. Turner

Lambda Legal and co-counsel Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of three married couples against...

Case Filed: 08/14/2017

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Texas
Closed Case

Pavan v. Smith

Lambda Legal filed an amicus brief in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning whether the state of Arkansas...

Case Filed: 06/23/2017

Court: Supreme Court of the United States

Decision: Victory

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Arkansas
Closed Case

Strickland v. Day

Lambda Legal and local counsel Dianne Ellis filed an appeal in the Mississippi Supreme Court on behalf of Christina Strickland,...

Case Filed: 06/01/2017

Court: Supreme Court for the State of Mississippi

Decision: Victory

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Mississippi
Active Case

Barber v. Bryant

Lambda Legal joined Barber v. Bryant, the federal challenge to HB 1523, Mississippi’s discriminatory anti-LGBT legislation, which was brought by...

Case Filed: 04/03/2017

Court:

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Religious Exemptions
  • Mississippi