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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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
Keeton v. Anderson-Wiley
Case in which a counseling student sues her school for requiring a remediation plan that included greater exposure to LGBT...
Case Filed: 12/19/2011
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Cervelli v. Aloha Bed & Breakfast
Case representing a lesbian couple denied accommodation at a Hawai’i commercial business establishment.
Case Filed: 12/19/2011
Court: Intermediate Court of Appeals, State of Hawai`i
Rose v. Cahee, et al.
Case brought against a doctor, clinic and health care institution after a woman was refused necessary surgery because of her...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Springfield-in-Illinois et al. v. Illinois et al.
Adoption and parenting case in which Catholic Charities sued Illinois to force the state to renew a contract for foster...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
Benitez v. North Coast Women’s Care Medical Group
Case arguing that health care providers’ personal religious beliefs do not excuse discrimination against LGBT patients Issues
Case Filed: 07/01/2001
Court: California Supreme Court
Decision: Landmark Case
Board of Regents of U. of Wisconsin v. Southworth
(Amicus) Historic case seeking to uphold a viewpoint-neutral student group system at public universities
Case Filed: 01/16/1997
Court: U.S. Supreme Court
Decision: Landmark Case