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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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Closed Case

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

  • Family Protections
  • Iowa
Closed Case

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

  • Health Care
  • HIV
Closed Case

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

  • Religious Exemptions
  • Georgia
Active Case

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

  • Anti-LGBT Policies
  • Religious Exemptions
  • Hawaii
Closed Case

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:

  • Employment
  • Criminal Legal System
  • Family Protections
  • Maryland
Closed Case

Boswell v. Boswell

Case seeking visitation rights for a gay father

Case Filed: 11/01/2011

Court: Maryland Court of Appeals

  • Maryland
Landmark Case

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

  • Anti-LGBT Policies
  • Texas
Closed 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

  • Family Protections
  • Pennsylvania
Closed Case

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

  • Students' Rights
  • Alaska
Closed Case

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

  • Immigration and Asylum
  • California
Closed Case

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

  • Family Protections
  • Arizona
Closed Case

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

  • Iowa
Closed Approximate Case

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

  • Employment
  • Family Protections
  • California
Closed Case

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

  • Hawaii
Closed Case

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

  • Family Protections
  • Georgia