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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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
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
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
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:
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
In re Balducci
Advocacy letter urging a New York City-based landlord to add the wife of lesbian tenant to rent-stabilized apartment lease in...
Case Filed: 06/27/2012
Court:
Decision: Victory
Rhoades v. Iowa
HIV criminalization case where an HIV-positive man was sentenced to 25 years in prison and lifetime registration as a sex...
Case Filed: 06/14/2012
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Decision: Landmark Case