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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C.P. v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Lambda Legal and Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger PLLC filed a federal lawsuit challenging Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois’s (“BCBSIL”)...
Case Filed: 11/23/2020
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Washington in Tacoma
Anderson v. Crouch
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit challenging West Virginia’s blanket exclusions of coverage for gender-confirming care in its Medicaid and...
Case Filed: 11/12/2020
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Whitman-Walker Clinic v. HHS
Lambda Legal and Steptoe & Johnson LLP filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
Case Filed: 06/22/2020
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Family Equality v. Azar
Lambda Legal and Democracy Forward filed a lawsuit on behalf of three organizations serving vulnerable populations — Family Equality, True...
Case Filed: 03/19/2020
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
County of Santa Clara v. HHS
Lambda Legal, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit challenging...
Case Filed: 05/28/2019
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Kadel v. Folwell
Lambda Legal and Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) filed a federal lawsuit against North Carolina officials for discrimination...
Case Filed: 03/08/2019
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Fletcher v. State of Alaska
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit against the State of Alaska on behalf of Jennifer Fletcher, a state legislative librarian...
Case Filed: 06/05/2018
Court: United States District Court for the District of Alaska
Doe v. AJ Boggs & Company
Lambda Legal filed a class-action lawsuit in California Superior Court against A.J. Boggs & Company on behalf of 93 low-income...
Case Filed: 04/03/2018
Court: Superior Court of the State of California County of San Francisco
Simonson v. Oswego County
Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit against Oswego County and the Oswego County Department of Social Services (DSS) on behalf of...
Case Filed: 11/30/2017
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
Decision: Victory
Conforti v. St. Joseph’s Healthcare System
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit against St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Paterson, New Jersey, after the hospital refused to allow...
Case Filed: 01/05/2017
Court: United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Zubik v. Burwell
Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to reject arguments made by religiously...
Case Filed: 02/24/2016
Court: United States Supreme Court
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt (formerly Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole)
Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday in support of the Texas abortion clinics, physicians...
Case Filed: 02/24/2016
Court: United States Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
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
Lawrence v. Office of Personnel Management
Case on behalf of a transgender man discriminated against by his federal employer because it denied health care coverage.
Case Filed: 09/15/2015
Court:
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