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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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: