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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Cleveland Taxpayers v. Cleveland
Lawsuit brought by an antigay legal group attempting to strip away the City of Cleveland’s newly enacted domestic partnership registry...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth Appellate District
Friedlander v. Waroge Met, Ltd. d/b/a/ Sizzler
Lawsuit invoking the New York City and State Civil and Human Rights Laws in the case of a woman attacked...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
In re Judge Connie Glenn Wilkerson
Complaint arguing that an antigay judge in Mississippi violated the state’s Code of Judicial Conduct
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Mississippi Supreme Court
Matter of Matthew Cusick and Cirque du Soleil
Groundbreaking case arguing against Cirque du Soleil’s decision to fire an employee because of his HIV status
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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Decision: Landmark Case
Patino v. Birken Manufacturing Co.
Case arguing that Birken Manufacturing failed to protect one of its employees from severe antigay harassment in the workplace.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Connecticut Superior Court for the Judicial District of Hartford
Decision: Victory
CLS v. Martinez
Amicus brief in support of University of California Hastings Law School policy requiring publicly funded student groups to accept “all...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: US Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
Doe v. Jindal
Amicus brief filed in support of case challenging the Crime Against Nature by Solicitation (“CANS”) law.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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In re S.J.L. and J.K.L.
Case seeking custodial rights for a non-biological mother whose ex-partner used Ohio’s constitutional amendment in an attempt to have her...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals
Decision: Victory
In re Marriage Cases
Case seeking the right for same-sex couples to marry in California
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: California Supreme Court
Decision: Landmark Case
Stern v. Cosby, et al.
Case involving a claim, among others, that statements describing plaintiff as gay were defamatory per se, entitling him to presumed...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Doe v. Reed
Lambda Legal, along with Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), the Human...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Gill v. Devlin and Howell
Case representing Texas lesbian denied the opportunity to interview for a permanent teaching position at a Texas community college.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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Decision: Victory
In re Y.S.
(Amicus) Case arguing for a gay man to receive asylum to avoid persecution in his native country because of his...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Second Circuit Court of Appeals
In re Spera
Case arguing that a doctor cannot refuse to perform surgery on a man because of his HIV status
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Decision: Victory
Mongerson v. Mongerson
(Amicus) Custody case arguing that restricting ‘exposure’ to the gay friends of a parent on the sole basis of their...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Georgia Supreme Court