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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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
Morse v. Frederick
(Amicus) Case arguing for a student’s First Amendment right to freedom of expression
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: United States Supreme Court
Soto Vega v. Gonzales
Case arguing for a Mexican man to receive asylum in the United States after suffering severe antigay harassment and abuse...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decision: Victory
Egan v. Fridlund-Horne
Case seeking to uphold non-biological mother’s right to have parenting time with her child.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Arizona Supreme Court
Gartner v. Newton
Case seeking to enforce the presumed-parentage statute that provides a birth certificate listing both parents for children born to all...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Iowa District Court for Polk County
Decision: Victory
Caldwell v. SkyWest Airlines, Inc.; Delta Airlines, Inc.
Case winning equal travel benefits for spouses of lesbian and gay employees of SkyWest Airlines.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
Decision: Victory
O’Leary v. University of Hawaii
Lawsuit alleging that the university discriminated against same-sex couple by rejecting their application for family housing.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Circuit court of the first circuit
Moses v. King
Case arguing to return primary custody of a child to mother after she lost it because she is a lesbian
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Georgia Supreme Court