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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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Closed Case

Inniss v. Aderhold

Lambda Legal’s federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of a widow...

Case Filed: 07/10/2014

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

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Georgia
Active Case

Odgaard v. Iowa Civil Rights Commission

Case representing a gay couple denied the ability to rent event space by an Iowa commercial business establishment.

Case Filed: 07/03/2014

Court: Iowa Supreme Court

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Iowa
Closed Case

Conde Vidal v. Garcia Padilla (formerly known as Conde Vidal v. Rius Armendariz)

Lambda Legal has joined a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico seeking the...

Case Filed: 06/24/2014

Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Decision: Victory

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Puerto Rico
Closed Approximate Case

Taylor v. Lystila

Health care discrimination case involving a transgender woman who was refused transition-related medical care.

Case Filed: 04/16/2014

Court:

  • Health Care Fairness
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Illinois
Landmark Case

Obergefell v. Hodges / Henry v. Hodges

The landmark case that helped bring equal marriage nationwide.

Case Filed: 04/14/2014

Court:

Decision: Landmark Case

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

Baskin v. Bogan

Federal case seeking the freedom to marry in Indiana and recognition of legal out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples.

Case Filed: 04/07/2014

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decision: Victory

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

Majors v. Jeanes (formerly Majors v. Horne)

Lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona arguing that Arizona’s ban on marriage for same-sex...

Case Filed: 03/13/2014

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

Decision: Victory

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Arizona
Closed Case

East v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana

Case representing low-income Louisianans living with HIV who are at risk of losing their health insurance because Louisiana insurance companies...

Case Filed: 02/25/2014

Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana

Decision: Victory

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Health Care Fairness
  • HIV
  • Racial Justice and Low-Income Advocacy
  • Louisiana
Closed Case

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

  • Health Care Fairness
  • Policy
  • Religious Exemptions
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

Freeman et al. v. Parker and City of Houston

Federal lawsuit on behalf of three City of Houston employees stripped of spousal health coverage benefits for their same-sex spouses.

Case Filed: 12/26/2013

Court:

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Texas
Closed Case

Lee v. Orr

Marriage case seeking immediate issuance of marriage license applications for all same-sex couples in Illinois where one or both partners...

Case Filed: 12/17/2013

Court:

Decision: Victory

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Illinois
Closed Case

Gray v. Orr

Case seeking an emergency marriage license for a lesbian couple, several months in advance of the implementation of the new...

Case Filed: 12/05/2013

Court:

Decision: Victory

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Illinois
Closed Case

Weinstein and Calvani v. Weinreb Management LLC, et al.

Complaint urging a New York City-based landlord to add the wife of lesbian tenant to rent-stabilized apartment lease in accordance...

Case Filed: 12/04/2013

Court: New York Supreme Court

Decision: Victory

  • Seniors
  • New York
Closed Case

Frost v. Hesperia Unified School District

Case representing non-closeted lesbian high school English teacher whose contract was not renewed at a Southern California high school after...

Case Filed: 11/19/2013

Court: San Bernardino County Superior Court, California

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • California