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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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
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Obergefell v. Hodges / Henry v. Hodges
The landmark case that helped bring equal marriage nationwide.
Case Filed: 04/14/2014
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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
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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
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Decision: Victory
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
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Decision: Victory
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
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
McCrea and White v. Sun Taxi Association et al.
Sexual orientation discrimination case where a cab driver demanded that a gay couple get out of his taxi after they...
Case Filed: 10/28/2013
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People v. DeLee
Amicus brief filed with the New York Court of Appeals urging the reinstatement of the conviction of Dwight DeLee, found...
Case Filed: 10/07/2013
Court: New York Court of Appeals