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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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Closed Case

Central Alabama Pride, Inc. v. Larry Langford

Case on behalf of Central Alabama Pride, a gay group that was denied its free speech rights when the Birmingham...

Case Filed: 02/20/2009

Court: U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama

  • Alabama
Closed Case

Strauss v. Horton

A lawsuit contending that Proposition 8 is not a valid initiative because it improperly attempts to undo the California Constitution’s...

Case Filed: 11/05/2008

Court: California State Supreme Court

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • California
Closed Case

Giles v. City of Johnson City, et al.

Case filed against Johnson City, Tennessee and its police chief on behalf of a man who unfairly had his photo...

Case Filed: 09/30/2008

Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

  • Criminal Legal System and Police Misconduct
  • Tennessee
Closed Case

Bloem v. Montgomery County Board of Elections

Case filed in an attempt by plaintiffs to undermine Lambda Legal’s Maryland Court of Appeals victory inDoe v. Montgomery County...

Case Filed: 09/25/2008

Court: Montgomery County Circuit Court

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Maryland
Landmark Case

Glenn v. Brumby et. al.

Federal lawsuit filed on behalf of a transgender woman fired from her job as a Legislative Editor after she stated...

Case Filed: 07/22/2008

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Decision: Landmark Case

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Georgia
Closed Case

Embry v. Ryan

Appeal of a Florida family court ruling that a second parent adoption a lesbian obtained in Washington state could not...

Case Filed: 07/01/2008

Court: Florida District Court of Appeal, Second Circuit

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Florida
Closed Case

Day v. Social Security Administration, et al.

Case seeking disability benefits for the children of a same-sex couple

Case Filed: 05/28/2008

Court:

  • Florida
Closed Case

Doe et al. v. Montgomery County Board of Elections

Lawsuit challenging an illegal referendum petition that attempted to overturn a transgender antidiscrimination law in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Case Filed: 03/14/2008

Court: Maryland Court of Appeals

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Maryland
Closed Case

California Education Committee, LLC, et al. v. O’Connell

Case defending California’s antidiscrimination protections for students and hate crimes laws

Case Filed: 12/21/2007

Court:

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • California
Closed Case

Adar v. Smith

Case representing gay fathers who were refused a birth certificate for their newly adopted son by the office of the...

Case Filed: 10/09/2007

Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District Of Louisiana

  • Louisiana
Closed Case

Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center v. Bahruth

Case challenging the wrongful denial of non-profit property tax exemption for a New York LGBTQ community center

Case Filed: 09/28/2007

Court: Supreme Court of New York, Ulster County

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • New York
Closed Case

DeWolf and Watts v. Countrywide

Case challenging a mortgage company’s unlawful refusal to allow a lesbian couple to share a mortgage on a home.

Case Filed: 05/24/2007

Court: Southern District of New York Federal Court

  • New York
Closed Case

Doe v. Department of Veterans Affairs, et al.

(Amicus) Federal Privacy Act case brought by a federal employee after a workplace doctor revealed his HIV status to a...

Case Filed: 05/15/2007

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

  • HIV
  • Minnesota
Closed Case

deGroen v. City of Bellevue

Case arguing for equal employment benefits for partners of gay and lesbian employees as offered to heterosexual married employees

Case Filed: 04/17/2007

Court: King County Superior Court

  • Washington
Closed Case

Ellis v. Arriaga

Case arguing for equal protections for domestic partners who thought their relationships were registered with the state but were not...

Case Filed: 01/31/2007

Court: Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Three

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • California