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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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
In re Judge Connie Glenn Wilkerson
Complaint arguing that an antigay judge in Mississippi violated the state’s Code of Judicial Conduct
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Matter of Matthew Cusick and Cirque du Soleil
Groundbreaking case arguing against Cirque du Soleil’s decision to fire an employee because of his HIV status
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
Decision: Landmark Case
Romer v. Evans
Landmark case that struck down a Colorado voter initiative that would have stripped lesbians and gay men of civil rights...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. Supreme Court
Decision: Landmark Case
Patino v. Birken Manufacturing Co.
Case arguing that Birken Manufacturing failed to protect one of its employees from severe antigay harassment in the workplace.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Connecticut Superior Court for the Judicial District of Hartford
Decision: Victory
CLS v. Martinez
Amicus brief in support of University of California Hastings Law School policy requiring publicly funded student groups to accept “all...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: US Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
Doe v. Jindal
Amicus brief filed in support of case challenging the Crime Against Nature by Solicitation (“CANS”) law.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
In re Y.S.
(Amicus) Case arguing for a gay man to receive asylum to avoid persecution in his native country because of his...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Second Circuit Court of Appeals