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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Witt v. United States Department of the Air Force
Case arguing against the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Ithaca City School District v. NY State Division of Human Rights
Appeal addressing whether the New York State Human Rights Law protects students from discrimination by and harassment in public school...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Springfield-in-Illinois et al. v. Illinois et al.
Adoption and parenting case in which Catholic Charities sued Illinois to force the state to renew a contract for foster...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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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
Giancaspro v. Congleton
Case seeking to reverse a Michigan trial court ruling that violated the Full Faith and Credit clause by making three...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Michigan State Court of Appeals
Decision: Victory
In re Infant Girl W.
Case arguing for joint adoption by same-sex couples
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Indiana Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
Matter of Kyle Smith
Case arguing against the Foreign Service’s policy of not hiring anyone who is HIV positive.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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Rodriguez v. Johnson et al.
Case arguing against a residential center’s withholding of prescription hormone medication and punishment of gender expression for a transgender woman
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: United States District Court, Southern District of New York
Decision: Victory
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Lee’s Log Cabin, Inc.
Employment discrimination case under ADA in which court ruled that evidence of the impact of AIDS on the claimant did...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
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
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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
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
Court:
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