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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King v. Burwell
Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of nine national HIV advocacy organizations in King v. Burwell, the latest...
Case Filed: 05/21/2015
Court: United States Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
East v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
Case representing low-income Louisianans living with HIV who are at risk of losing their health insurance because Louisiana insurance companies...
Case Filed: 02/25/2014
Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
Decision: Victory
Minnesota v. Rick
In May 2009, Daniel James Rick had a sexual relationship with another man of unknown HIV status, D.B., in which...
Case Filed: 08/22/2013
Court: Minnesota Supreme Court
In the Matter of Ramirez
Amicus brief to the Board of Immigration Appeals in support of Jose Luis Ramirez, an HIV-positive immigrant contesting an Immigration...
Case Filed: 04/11/2013
Court: Board of Immigration Appeals
Rhoades v. Iowa
HIV criminalization case where an HIV-positive man was sentenced to 25 years in prison and lifetime registration as a sex...
Case Filed: 06/14/2012
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Decision: Landmark Case
People v. Plunkett
Case involving a man who bit a police officer and whose saliva was ruled a “dangerous instrument” because he has...
Case Filed: 04/24/2012
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Lopez Berera v. Holder
Amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit in support of asylum protection for Karolina Lopez...
Case Filed: 04/20/2012
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Dept. of HHS v. Florida
U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, a law that greatly expands access to health...
Case Filed: 01/13/2012
Court: U.S. Supreme Court
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
People v. Allen
Case of a man who allegedly bit his neighbor and was charged with violating a Michigan bioterrorism statute based on...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Macomb County Circuit Court
Decision: Victory
In re Gwin
Administrative appeal of a state Medicaid program’s refusal to cover the cost of a life-saving organ transplant because the recipient...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
In re John Carl
Case representing HIV positive man denied kidney transplant.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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Decision: Victory
In re Little
Case arguing the right for a man living with HIV to receive care after being rejected from six nursing homes...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
In re Spera
Case arguing that a doctor cannot refuse to perform surgery on a man because of his HIV status
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
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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