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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

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

  • Health Care Fairness
Active Case

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

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Religious Exemptions
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • California
Active Case

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

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • North Carolina
Closed Case

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

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Alaska
Active Case

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

  • Health Care Fairness
  • HIV
  • California
Closed Case

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

  • Health Care Fairness
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • New York
Active Case

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

  • Health Care Fairness
  • Religious Exemptions
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • New Jersey
Closed Case

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

  • Health Care Fairness
  • Policy
  • Religious Exemptions
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
Closed Case

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

  • Health Care Fairness
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Texas
Closed Case

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

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Health Care Fairness
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • North Carolina
Active Case

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:

  • Health Care Fairness
  • Seniors
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Florida
Closed Case

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

  • Health Care Fairness
  • HIV
  • Policy
  • Racial Justice and Low-Income Advocacy
Closed Approximate Case

Taylor v. Lystila

Health care discrimination case involving a transgender woman who was refused transition-related medical care.

Case Filed: 04/16/2014

Court:

  • Health Care Fairness
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Illinois
Closed Case

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

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Health Care Fairness
  • HIV
  • Racial Justice and Low-Income Advocacy
  • Louisiana
Closed Case

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp v. Burwell

Amicus briefs to multiple federal courts of appeal and then the U.S. Supreme Court arguing against granting religious exemptions to...

Case Filed: 02/03/2014

Court: United States Supreme Court

  • Health Care Fairness
  • Policy
  • Religious Exemptions