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. Carswell
(Amicus) Case arguing that Ohio’s constitutional amendment banning marriage for same-sex couples does not exempt one from domestic violence charges...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
United States v. Marcum
(Amicus) Landmark case challenging the military’s sodomy law in the wake of Lawrence v. Texas which overturned all remaining sodomy...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Decision: Landmark Case
Debra H. v. Janice R.
Case on behalf of a nonbiological mother seeking custody and visitation rights with and to provide financial support to the...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: New York State Court of Appeals
Matter of the Estate of Ranftle v. Leiby
Case defending a man’s right to the estate of his deceased spouse with New York’s long-standing law respecting out-of-state marriages...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
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
Lewis v. Harris
Case seeking the right to marry for same-sex couples in New Jersey
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Pratt v. Indian River Central School District et al.
Case on behalf of a brother and sister challenging antigay harassment, discrimination and censorship by school officials.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
Varnum v. Brien
Case that won the right for same-sex couples to marry in Iowa
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Decision: Landmark Case
Prashad v. Copeland, et al.
Case representing a Virginia same-sex couple seeking to fend off the surrogate mother’s attack on the North Carolina consent order...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Virginia Court of Appeals
In re Gwin
Administrative appeal of a state Medicaid program’s refusal to cover the cost of a life-saving organ transplant because the recipient...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
Lewis v. New York State Department of Civil Service, et al.
Case arguing that New York’s state government follows the law by respecting out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: York State Supreme Court, Albany County
Ralph v. City of New Orleans
Case arguing to preserve insurance benefits for same-sex couples after they are threatened by antigay group
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit; Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans
Decision: Victory
Vasquez v. Hawthorne
(Amicus) case on behalf of a man seeking to recover property from his deceased same-sex partner’s estate after a nearly...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Golinski v. United States Office of Personnel Management
Federal case seeking spousal health benefits for lesbian employee of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Decision: Victory
Garden State Equality, et al. v. Dow, et al.
Case seeking the right to marry for same-sex couples in New Jersey.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: New Jersey Superior Court
Decision: Landmark Case