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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Payne-Elliott v. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis
Payne-Elliott sued the archdiocese for compelling Cathedral High School to fire him or lose its Catholic status because Payne-Elliott was...
Case Filed: 11/23/2021
Court: Court of Appeals of Indiana
Easter v. HHS
Lambda Legal and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, together with the law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe...
Case Filed: 10/13/2021
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Decision: Victory
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
County of Santa Clara v. HHS
Lambda Legal, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit challenging...
Case Filed: 05/28/2019
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
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
EEOC v. RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes
Lambda Legal filed an amicus brief in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Aimee Stephens, a transgender...
Case Filed: 06/04/2018
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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
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
Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley
Lambda Legal filed an amicus brief in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning whether Missouri can enforce a...
Case Filed: 04/19/2017
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
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:
Conforti v. St. Joseph’s Healthcare System
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit against St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Paterson, New Jersey, after the hospital refused to allow...
Case Filed: 01/05/2017
Court: United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Oliver v. The Barbershop
Lambda Legal has brought this lawsuit to enforce California’s paramount interest in nondiscrimination and to make clear that freedom of...
Case Filed: 05/25/2016
Court: Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Bernardino
Zubik v. Burwell
Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to reject arguments made by religiously...
Case Filed: 02/24/2016
Court: United States Supreme Court
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp v. Burwell
Amicus briefs to multiple federal courts of appeal and then the U.S. Supreme Court arguing against granting religious exemptions to...
Case Filed: 02/03/2014
Court: United States Supreme Court