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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Saavedra v. Nodak Enterprises
Case representing a skilled glass worker who was fired because his employer claimed his HIV status posed a “direct threat”...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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Kutil v. Blake
Appeal of a trial court order taking a thriving one-year-old girl away from her lesbian foster parents because the trial...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
Decision: Victory
People v. Allen
Case of a man who allegedly bit his neighbor and was charged with violating a Michigan bioterrorism statute based on...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Macomb County Circuit Court
Decision: Victory
Dickerson v. Thompson
Case involving a New York resident seeking an order from a New York court to dissolving her Vermont civil union.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
Decision: Victory
In the Matter of J.D. Fairchild
Case seeking to maintain a joint custody agreement between two lesbian parents despite Ohio’s antigay amendment
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Ohio Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
In the Matter of Brian (a.k.a. Mariah) L.
(Amicus) Case arguing that Children’s Services must provide a transgender youth sex reassignment treatment if it is found medically necessary
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: New York Supreme Court
Moreau v. Qwest Communications, Inc.
Case charging Qwest Communications with failing to protect an employee from severe antigay harassment in the workplace
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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Shahar v. Bowers
Case arguing against the discriminatory firing of a lesbian attorney
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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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
Esquivel v. Oregon
Transgender rights case in which a state employee was denied insurance coverage for medically necessary surgery on the basis of...
Case Filed: 12/01/2010
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Decision: Victory
Young v. Lingle
Case seeking civil unions for same-sex couples in Hawai`i.
Case Filed: 07/29/2010
Court: The First Circuit Court of the State of Hawai`i
Franke v. Parkstone Living Center, Inc.
Case brought against assisted living facility on behalf of retiree and his daughter, after the facility evicted the retiree because...
Case Filed: 05/12/2009
Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas
Central Alabama Pride, Inc. v. Larry Langford
Case on behalf of Central Alabama Pride, a gay group that was denied its free speech rights when the Birmingham...
Case Filed: 02/20/2009
Court: U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
Strauss v. Horton
A lawsuit contending that Proposition 8 is not a valid initiative because it improperly attempts to undo the California Constitution’s...
Case Filed: 11/05/2008
Court: California State Supreme Court