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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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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

Court:

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Illinois
Closed Case

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

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • New York
Closed Case

McGee v. Cole

Lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia arguing that West Virginia’s marriage ban...

Case Filed: 09/25/2013

Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Decision: Victory

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • West Virginia
Closed Case

McCreery v. Don’s Valley Market

Transgender employment discrimination case in which a transgender woman was fired after she told her boss she would be transitioning.

Case Filed: 09/24/2013

Court:

Decision: Victory

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • South Dakota
Closed Case

In Re Marriage of J.B. and H.B and State v. Naylor

Amicus brief to the Texas Supreme Court in support of the petitions of J.B. and H.B. and Naylor and Daly,...

Case Filed: 09/04/2013

Court: Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Texas
Closed Case

Minnesota v. Rick

In May 2009, Daniel James Rick had a sexual relationship with another man of unknown HIV status, D.B., in which...

Case Filed: 08/22/2013

Court: Minnesota Supreme Court

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • HIV
  • Minnesota
Closed Case

In Re Anthony

Lambda Legal and the Center for HIV Law & Policy (CHLP), joined by eight other civil rights organizations, have submitted...

Case Filed: 08/20/2013

Court: Board of Immigration Appeals

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Immigration and Asylum
Closed Case

Harris et al. v. Rainey et al. (formerly Harris et al. v. McDonnell et al.)

Federal lawsuit seeking the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in Virginia

Case Filed: 07/31/2013

Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Decision: Victory

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

In the Matter of Ramirez

Amicus brief to the Board of Immigration Appeals in support of Jose Luis Ramirez, an HIV-positive immigrant contesting an Immigration...

Case Filed: 04/11/2013

Court: Board of Immigration Appeals

  • HIV
  • Immigration and Asylum
  • California
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Hatcher v. DeSoto County Board of Education, et al.

Case defending students’ right to take a stand against antigay bullying.

Case Filed: 02/25/2013

Court:

Decision: Victory

  • Students' Rights
  • Florida
Active Case

Pickup v. Brown and Welch v. Brown

A friend-of-the-court brief in which we argue that “ex-gay” therapy harms minors and urge a federal court to uphold a...

Case Filed: 02/05/2013

Court: U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

  • California
Closed Case

Teevan v. County of Westchester, et al.

Case filed against Westchester County, N.Y., police for releasing sealed arrest records in public sex sting.

Case Filed: 12/31/2012

Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

  • Criminal Legal System and Police Misconduct
  • New York
Closed Case

Millbrook v. United States

Amicus brief defending a federal prisoner’s right to sue the U.S. government after sexual assault by a prison guard.

Case Filed: 12/12/2012

Court: U.S. Supreme Court

  • Criminal Legal System and Police Misconduct
  • Pennsylvania
Closed Case

Glossip v.The Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees’ Retirement System

Missouri State Trooper’s partner of 15 years is denied survivor’s benefits after trooper dies while on duty.

Case Filed: 11/05/2012

Court:

  • Missouri
Closed Case

Harris v. Millennium Hotel

Case representing same-sex partner of shooting victim seeking survivor benefits in Alaska.

Case Filed: 09/19/2012

Court: Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board

Decision: Victory

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Alaska