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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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Active Case

Roe v. Precythe, et. al.

Lambda Legal, the MacArthur Justice Center and law firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon sued the Missouri Department of Corrections (“MODOC”)...

Case Filed: 06/27/2023

Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

  • Criminal Legal System
  • HIV
  • Missouri
Active Case

van Garderen v. State of Montana

In a lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Montana, and Perkins Coie, two...

Case Filed: 05/09/2023

Court: Fourth Judicial District Court Missoula County

  • Trans Rights
  • Health Care
  • Students' Rights
  • Montana
Active Case

Poe et.al. v. Drummond et.al. 

In a lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Oklahoma, and the law firm...

Case Filed: 05/02/2023

Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

  • Trans Rights
  • Health Care
  • Students' Rights
Closed Case

Southampton Community Healthcare v. Bailey

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri (ACLU-MO) and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP filed a petition seeking...

Case Filed: 04/24/2023

Court: St. Louis County Court

  • Trans Rights
  • Health Care
  • Missouri
Active Case

L.W. et al v. Skrmetti et al 

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP are...

Case Filed: 04/21/2023

Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee

  • Trans Rights
  • Youth
  • Health Care
  • Tennessee
Active Case

John Doe v. Delaware County, et al.

On June 24, 2022, Lambda Legal, AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania, and attorney Scott A. Schoettes, Esq. filed an amended...

Case Filed: 12/05/2022

Court: Unites States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

  • Criminal Legal System
  • HIV
  • Delaware
Closed Case

Baldwin v. Nevada System of Higher Education and Public Employees’ Benefits Program

Lambda Legal filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of Alexandra “Lexa” Baldwin, a transgender...

Case Filed: 11/11/2022

Court: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Decision: Victory

  • Health Care
  • Trans Rights
  • United States
Active Case

Wilkins v. Austin

Lambda Legal filed a legal challenge to the U.S. Military policy that prevents people living with HIV from enlisting in...

Case Filed: 11/10/2022

Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

  • Anti-LGBT Policies
  • Employment
  • HIV
  • United States
Active Case

Bridge v. Oklahoma State Department of Education

Lambda Legal, the ACLU, and the ACLU of Oklahoma have brought a legal challenge on behalf of three transgender students...

Case Filed: 09/13/2022

Court: District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

  • Trans Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Oklahoma
Active Case

Dekker, et al., v. Weida, et al.

LGBTQ+ and health advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit today challenging Florida’s anti-transgender health care rule denying coverage for transgender...

Case Filed: 09/07/2022

Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

  • Health Care
  • Trans Rights
  • Florida
Active Case

Cousins et al. v. The School Board of Orange County et al.

Lambda Legal, the Southern Poverty Law Center, Southern Legal Counsel, and private counsel Baker McKenzie filed a federal lawsuit challenging...

Case Filed: 07/25/2022

Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

  • Anti-LGBT Policies
  • Florida
Active Case

PFLAG v. Abbott

Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Texas, along with Texas-based law firm Baker Botts LLP,...

Case Filed: 06/08/2022

Court: District Court of Travis County, Texas

  • Trans Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Texas
Active Case

Chandler v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Southern California, the Transgender Law Center, and O’Melveny & Myers LLP filed a request to...

Case Filed: 05/09/2022

Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

  • Criminal Legal System
  • Trans Rights
  • California
Closed Case

Walker v. Marshall

Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of two Alabama families challenging the felony health care ban, a state law...

Case Filed: 04/11/2022

Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Northern Division

  • Anti-LGBT Policies
  • Health Care
  • Trans Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Alabama
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Fowler et al. v. Stitt et al.

Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit seeking to allow transgender people to correct the gender marker on their Oklahoma birth...

Case Filed: 03/14/2022

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

  • Anti-LGBT Policies
  • Trans Rights
  • Oklahoma