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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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
Court:
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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