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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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
Darby v. Orr
Case representing same-sex couples in Illinois seeking the freedom to marry.
Case Filed: 05/29/2012
Court: Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division
Decision: Victory
People v. Plunkett
Case involving a man who bit a police officer and whose saliva was ruled a “dangerous instrument” because he has...
Case Filed: 04/24/2012
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Lopez Berera v. Holder
Amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit in support of asylum protection for Karolina Lopez...
Case Filed: 04/20/2012
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In re Warm Sands Cases
Amicus brief with the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of Riverside County asking the court to reverse several convictions...
Case Filed: 04/20/2012
Court: Appellate Division of the Superior Court of Riverside County
Sevcik v. Sandoval
Lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada arguing that Nevada’s ban on marriage equality violates...
Case Filed: 04/09/2012
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
Decision: Victory
Couch v. Wayne Local School District
Maverick Couch is a high school junior threatened with suspension if he wore a T-shirt bearing the message “Jesus Is...
Case Filed: 04/03/2012
Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Western Divisio
Decision: Victory
Arizona v. United States
Amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States supporting an injunction against key provisions of Arizona SB 1070.
Case Filed: 03/27/2012
Court: U.S. Supreme Court
Buntemeyer v. Iowa Dept. of Public Health
Lambda Legal case in which a legally married same-sex couple in Iowa gave birth to a stillborn baby and was...
Case Filed: 02/08/2012
Court:
Decision: Victory
Dept. of HHS v. Florida
U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, a law that greatly expands access to health...
Case Filed: 01/13/2012
Court: U.S. Supreme Court