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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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
Roe v. Precythe, et. al.
Lambda Legal, the MacArthur Justice Center and law firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon sued the Missouri Department of Corrections (“MODOC”)...
Case Filed: 06/27/2023
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
John Doe v. Delaware County, et al.
On June 24, 2022, Lambda Legal, AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, and attorney Scott A. Schoettes, Esq. filed an amended...
Case Filed: 12/05/2022
Court: Unites States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Chandler v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Southern California, the Transgender Law Center, and O’Melveny & Myers LLP filed a request to...
Case Filed: 05/09/2022
Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Rios v. Redding
Lambda Legal and the University of Denver School of Law, Civil Rights Clinic filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of...
Case Filed: 06/10/2021
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Keohane v. Florida Department of Corrections, Secretary
Lambda Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Reiyn Keohane urging the Eleventh...
Case Filed: 11/18/2020
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
Santiago v. Gage, et al.
Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Ashley Moon Raelynn urging the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to...
Case Filed: 11/18/2020
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Gladney v. United States
Lambda Legal, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), and the law firm Boies, Schiller, Flexner LLP filed a friend-of-the-court brief...
Case Filed: 10/21/2020
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Edmo v. Idaho Department of Correction, et al.
Lambda Legal, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), and the law firm WilmerHale filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of...
Case Filed: 04/11/2019
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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
Southern Poverty Law Center and Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. v. United States Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Prisons
Lambda Legal and the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Department of...
Case Filed: 11/19/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al.
On November 12, 2018, Lambda Legal and Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service announced the successful settlement of a 2015 lawsuit...
Case Filed: 10/31/2018
Court: Western District of Michigan
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
Hicklin v. Precythe (formerly Hicklin v. Lombardi)
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Jessica Hicklin, a 37-year-old transgender woman incarcerated at the Potosi Correctional Center, a...
Case Filed: 08/22/2016
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Hamm v. City of New York et al
Federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of Thomas Hamm against...
Case Filed: 10/22/2015
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York