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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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
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
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
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
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
Langbehn v. Jackson Memorial Hospital
Case challenging a hospital’s decision to keep a lesbian from visiting her dying partner.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: District court for the southern district of florida
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