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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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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

    Closed Case

    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

    Court:

    Decision: Victory

    • Employment
    • Texas
    Closed Approximate Case

    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

    • Immigration and Asylum
    • New York
    Closed Case

    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

    • Health Care
    • HIV
    • Wisconsin
    Closed Case

    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

    • Family Protections
    • Georgia
    Closed Case

    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

    Court:

    • Employment
    • HIV
    • Georgia
    Closed Case

    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

    • West Virginia
    Closed Case

    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

    • HIV
    • Michigan
    Closed Case

    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

    • Family Protections
    • New York
    Closed Approximate Case

    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

    • Anti-LGBT Policies
    • Family Protections
    • Ohio
    Closed Case

    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

    • Health Care
    • Trans Rights
    • Youth in Out-of-Home Care
    • New York
    Closed Case

    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

    Court:

    • Employment
    • Colorado
    Closed Case

    Shahar v. Bowers

    Case arguing against the discriminatory firing of a lesbian attorney

    Case Filed: 10/28/2011

    Court:

    • Employment
    • Georgia
    Closed Case

    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

    • Anti-LGBT Policies
    • Family Protections
    • Wisconsin
    Closed Approximate Case

    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

    • Employment
    • Health Care
    • Arizona