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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

PFLAG v. Office of the Attorney General of Texas

On February 9, PFLAG National—which has eighteen chapters in Texas—received civil demands from the Attorney General’s Office to turn over...

Case Filed: 02/29/2024

Court: District Court of Travis County, Texas

  • Trans Rights
  • Youth
  • Texas
  • South Central Regional Office, Dallas
Active Case

Soe v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners

Lambda Legal, the Harvard Law School Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) and Louisiana co-counsel filed this case in Orleans Civil District Court before it was transferred to the 19th Judicial...

Case Filed: 01/08/2024

Court: 19th Judicial District Court

  • Health Care
  • Trans Rights
  • Youth
  • Louisiana
  • South Central Regional Office, Dallas
Active Case

Iowa Safe Schools, et al v. Reynolds

Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Iowa, and Jenner & Block LLP filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Iowa Safe...

Case Filed: 11/28/2023

Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Central Division

  • Students' Rights
  • Youth
  • Iowa
  • Midwest Regional Office, Chicago
Active Case

Voe v. Mansfield

Lambda Legal and the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) sued the State of North Carolina to block implementation of a...

Case Filed: 10/11/2023

Court: District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

  • Trans Rights
  • Health Care
  • Students' Rights
  • Youth
  • North Carolina
  • Southern Regional Office, Atlanta
Active Case

E.N. v. Kehoe (Formerly Noe, et al. v. Parson, et al.)

A lawsuit to block the implementation of SB 49 was filed in Cole County Circuit Court, which would prevent transgender...

Case Filed: 07/25/2023

Court: Circuit Court of Cole County State of Missouri

  • Trans Rights
  • Health Care
  • Students' Rights
  • Missouri
  • Midwest Regional Office, Chicago
Closed Case

John Doe v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department

Lambda Legal, with partners McDermott Will & Emery and Merchant Gould P.C., filed a federal lawsuit against Metropolitan Government of...

Case Filed: 07/24/2023

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

  • HIV
  • Employment
  • Tennessee
  • Southern Regional Office, Atlanta
Active Case

Loe, et al. v. Texas, et al.

Lambda Legal, the ACLU, the ACLU of Texas, and the Transgender Law Center, along with the law firms Scott, Douglass...

Case Filed: 07/13/2023

Court: Supreme Court of Texas

  • Trans Rights
  • Health Care
  • Texas
  • South Central Regional Office, Dallas
Active Case

Sexuality and Gender Alliance v. Critchfield (Formerly Roe, et al. v. Critchfield, et al.) 

Lambda Legal, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, and Alturas Law Group, PLLC filed a federal lawsuit against the Idaho State...

Case Filed: 07/07/2023

Court: United States District Court for the District of Idaho

  • Trans Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Idaho
  • Western Regional Office, Los Angeles
Active Case

A.B. v. Premera Blue Cross

Lambda Legal, Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger PLLC, and QLaw Foundation of Washington filed a federal class action lawsuit on behalf...

Case Filed: 06/27/2023

Court: U.S District Court for the Western District of Washington

  • Health Care
  • Trans Rights
  • Washington
  • Western Regional Office, Los Angeles
Closed Case

Latasha Monroe, Administratix of the Estate of Honesty Bishop v. Foley

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

Decision: Victory

  • Criminal Legal System
  • HIV
  • Missouri
  • Midwest Regional Office, Chicago
Active Case

Cross v. Montana (Formerly van Garderen v. 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
  • Youth
  • Montana
  • Western Regional Office, Los Angeles
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
  • Oklahoma
  • South Central Regional Office, Dallas
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
  • Midwest Regional Office, Chicago
Closed 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 sued...

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
  • Pennsylvania