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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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
Keeton v. Anderson-Wiley
Case in which a counseling student sues her school for requiring a remediation plan that included greater exposure to LGBT...
Case Filed: 12/19/2011
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Cervelli v. Aloha Bed & Breakfast
Case representing a lesbian couple denied accommodation at a Hawai’i commercial business establishment.
Case Filed: 12/19/2011
Court: Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawai`i
Selby and Ballard v. Baltimore County
Case arguing that Baltimore County respect the out-of-state marriage of county employees and provide spousal benefits to married same-sex couples.
Case Filed: 12/15/2011
Court:
Boswell v. Boswell
Case seeking visitation rights for a gay father
Case Filed: 11/01/2011
Court: Maryland Court of Appeals
Lawrence v. Texas
Historic case that overturned all remaining state sodomy laws in the United States
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decision: Landmark Case
Jones v. Boring
Case arguing for the rights of a non-biological parent to receive primary custody of a child if biological parent is...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decision: Victory