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
Knight v. Schwarzenegger
Case arguing to uphold domestic partnership laws despite Proposition 22, California’s antigay marriage initiative
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: California Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
Nabozny v. Podlesny
Groundbreaking case arguing that schools have a responsibility to protect students from antigay verbal and physical abuse
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit
Decision: Landmark Case
Timmerman v. Waite and Urias
Case invoking the Wisconsin hate crimes law after a university student is brutally attacked by two men because he is...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Circuit Court of Grant County, Wisconsin
Calhoun v. Pennington
Case brought against the city of Atlanta, the chief of police and individual officers for illegally searching, detaining and harassing...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
In the Matter of L.K.M.
Case on behalf of a non-biological mother seeking shared custody and visitation rights with the child she has parented with...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Ohio Supreme Court
Hervella v. Kriebel, Administrator of the Estate of Margaret A. O’Neil
Case on behalf of Amalia Hervella who was denied access to the estate of her deceased partner because they were...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: San Diego County Superior Court
Koebke v. Bernardo Heights Country Club
Case in California arguing that businesses that extend benefits to married couples must also extend them on an equal basis...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: California Supreme Court
Decision: Victory