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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Birchfield v. Armstrong
After more than 40 years together, Hal Birchfield and James Merrick Smith traveled to New York in October 2012 and...
Case Filed: 08/15/2016
Court:
Brooke S.B. v. Elizabeth C.C.
Lambda Legal represented Brooke S.B. in her effort to continue to parent the six-year-old son she and her former partner,...
Case Filed: 06/02/2016
Court:
Decision: Victory
Carcaño v. Cooper (formerly Carcaño v. McCrory)
Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina and Equality North Carolina filed a lawsuit challenging North...
Case Filed: 03/29/2016
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Lively v. Fletcher Hospital d/b/a Park Ridge Health
Lawsuit seeking compensation for Sandra Lively, a registered nurse at North Carolina hospital Park Ridge Health, for the thousands of...
Case Filed: 02/11/2016
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Smith v. Avanti
Lambda Legal filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against a Boulder County property owner who violated the federal Fair Housing Act...
Case Filed: 01/12/2016
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Decision: Victory
Weiss v. Brajer
Federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina on behalf of Melissa and Meredith Weiss,...
Case Filed: 12/17/2015
Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Decision: Victory
Torres v. Seemeyer
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf Chelsea and Jessamy Torres, a married lesbian couple, seeking a birth certificate...
Case Filed: 05/13/2015
Court: United States Federal Court for the District of Wisconsin
Decision: Victory
Williams v. Colvin
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit against the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) on behalf of Dave Williams,...
Case Filed: 11/06/2014
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Murphy v. Colvin
Lambda Legal filed suit against the Social Security Administration (SSA) on behalf of Kathy Murphy, a Texas widow denied spousal...
Case Filed: 10/28/2014
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Condon v. Haley
Lambda Legal, in partnership with South Carolina Equality, filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court of South...
Case Filed: 10/16/2014
Court: United States District Court for South Carolina
Decision: Victory
Robicheaux v. Caldwell
Lambda Legal joined the legal team representing a total of seven Louisiana same-sex couples and the Forum for Equality Louisiana,...
Case Filed: 10/10/2014
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
American Military Partner Association v. McDonald
This suit, against the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on behalf of the American Military Partner Association (“AMPA”), argues that the...
Case Filed: 08/19/2014
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decision: Victory
Inniss v. Aderhold
Lambda Legal’s federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of a widow...
Case Filed: 07/10/2014
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Odgaard v. Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Case representing a gay couple denied the ability to rent event space by an Iowa commercial business establishment.
Case Filed: 07/03/2014
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Conde Vidal v. Garcia Padilla (formerly known as Conde Vidal v. Rius Armendariz)
Lambda Legal has joined a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico seeking the...
Case Filed: 06/24/2014
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Decision: Victory