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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Appling v. Doyle
Lawsuit brought by an antigay legal group attempting to strip away Wisconsin’s newly enacted domestic partnership registry for same-sex couples...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Dane County Circuit Court
Decision: Victory
Diaz v. Brewer (formerly Collins v. Brewer)
Case representing Arizona lesbian and gay state employees facing elimination of their domestic partner benefits.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: United States District Court of Arizona
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
L.P. v. Philadelphia, et al.
Case representing a transgender girl subjected to verbal and physical abuse because of her sexual orientation, gender identity, sex and...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: City of Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations
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
Doust v. Doe
Case representing man refused dental care because he has HIV.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: New Jersey Superior Court
Log Cabin Republicans v. United States of America
Amicus brief filed in support of challenge to U.S. military “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
N.B. v. A.K.
Case seeking regular visitation rights for a lesbian mother and the child she and her former partner co-parented in California.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Alabama Supreme Court
Kaufman v. Virginia Department of Social Services
Case seeking the right for a lesbian woman to adopt her second child
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
Decision: Victory
Munson v. Del Taco, Inc.
(Amicus) Case seeking to ensure effective access to antidiscrimination protections in business establishments for disabled Californians, including people living with...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: