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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Passion Star a/k/a Zollicoffer v. Livingston
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Passion Star (legal name: Zollicoffer), a transgender woman currently in the...
Case Filed: 10/23/2014
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Decision: Victory
Condon v. Haley
Lambda Legal, in partnership with South Carolina Equality, filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court of South...
Case Filed: 10/16/2014
Court: United States District Court for South Carolina
Decision: Victory
Robicheaux v. Caldwell
Lambda Legal joined the legal team representing a total of seven Louisiana same-sex couples and the Forum for Equality Louisiana,...
Case Filed: 10/10/2014
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
American Military Partner Association v. McDonald
This suit, against the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on behalf of the American Military Partner Association (“AMPA”), argues that the...
Case Filed: 08/19/2014
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decision: Victory
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
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
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
Taylor v. Lystila
Health care discrimination case involving a transgender woman who was refused transition-related medical care.
Case Filed: 04/16/2014
Court:
Obergefell v. Hodges / Henry v. Hodges
The landmark case that helped bring equal marriage nationwide.
Case Filed: 04/14/2014
Court:
Decision: Landmark 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
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
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
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
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
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: