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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McCreery v. Don’s Valley Market
Transgender employment discrimination case in which a transgender woman was fired after she told her boss she would be transitioning.
Case Filed: 09/24/2013
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Decision: Victory
Harris v. Millennium Hotel
Case representing same-sex partner of shooting victim seeking survivor benefits in Alaska.
Case Filed: 09/19/2012
Court: Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board
Decision: Victory
Selby and Ballard v. Baltimore County
Case arguing that Baltimore County respect the out-of-state marriage of county employees and provide spousal benefits to married same-sex couples.
Case Filed: 12/15/2011
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Mitchell v. Bremen Community High School District No. 228 and Gleason, et al.
Case arguing against the termination of a school superintendent because he is gay
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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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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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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Shahar v. Bowers
Case arguing against the discriminatory firing of a lesbian attorney
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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Taylor v. Rice
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Decision: Landmark Case
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
Patino v. Birken Manufacturing Co.
Case arguing that Birken Manufacturing failed to protect one of its employees from severe antigay harassment in the workplace.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Connecticut Superior Court for the Judicial District of Hartford
Decision: Victory
Couture v. Bonfils Memorial Blood Center
Employment discrimination case under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in which court did not reach issue of whether person...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Golinski v. United States Office of Personnel Management
Federal case seeking spousal health benefits for lesbian employee of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Decision: Victory
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
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Decision: Victory
Hickman v. Donna Curry Investments, LLC, et al.
Man fired from a Subway restaurant after disclosing his HIV status
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: United States District Court for the District of Nevada
Decision: Victory
Lopez v. River Oaks
Case arguing federal discrimination after a woman has job offer rescinded because she is transgender
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Federal Court of the Southern District of Texas