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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Ohio v. Bird
Friend-of-the-court brief in support of a man living with HIV who was convicted of committing assault with a deadly weapon...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Ohio Supreme Court
Cole v. Arkansas Department of Human Services
Amicus brief in support of challenge to Arkansas’ Act 1, which prohibits unmarried individuals living with a sexual partner from...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Roe v. City of Atlanta
Case in which a man living with HIV challenged the Atlanta Police Department’s refusal to hire HIV-positive police officers.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
Decision: Victory
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
Noble Street Gay Straight Alliance v. Noble Network of Charter Schools
Case arguing for students’ rights under the First Amendment to form a gay-straight alliance and to be treated equally
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
Decision: Victory
Turner v. White
Case seeking access to legal proceedings for a name change and waiver of fees on behalf of transgender woman
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Illinois Supreme Court
Hollingsworth v. Perry (formerly known as Perry v. Brown and Perry v. Schwarzenegger)
A federal case challenging California’s discriminatory ballot measure, Prop 8, which eliminated same-sex couples’ right to marry in that state.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Decision: Victory
Raftopol et al. v. Ramey et al.
Case in which a same-sex married couple sued the Connecticut Department of Public Health because it refused to list both...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decision: Victory
Hickman v. Donna Curry Investments, LLC, et al.
Man fired from a Subway restaurant after disclosing his HIV status
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: United States District Court for the District of Nevada
Decision: Victory