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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

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

  • Family Protections
  • California
Closed Case

Mitchell v. Bremen Community High School District No. 228 and Gleason, et al.

Case arguing against the termination of a school superintendent because he is gay

Case Filed: 12/01/2006

Court:

  • Employment
  • Illinois
Closed Case

Donovan and Ramelli v. Poway Unified School District

Case arguing that a school must protect students from persistent and severe antigay harassment

Case Filed: 11/21/2006

Court: California Court of Appeal for the Fourth District

  • Students' Rights
  • California
Closed Approximate Case

Cook v. Rumsfeld

Case challenging the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy

Case Filed: 11/01/2006

Court: First Circuit Court of Appeals

  • Massachusetts
Closed Case

Conaway v. Deane & Polyak

(Amicus) Case seeking the right for same-sex couples to marry in Maryland

Case Filed: 10/19/2006

Court: Maryland State Court

  • Family Protections
  • Maryland
Closed Case

Godfrey v. Spano

Case arguing for recognition of out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples in Westchester County

Case Filed: 09/01/2006

Court: Supreme Court of Westchester County

  • Family Protections
  • New York
Closed Approximate Case

Barros v. Riggall

Case arguing against a clinic’s policy of refusing fertility services to gay men

Case Filed: 09/01/2006

Court:

  • Health Care
  • Florida
Closed Case

Florida Family Policy Council v. Freeman

(Amicus) Case arguing in favor of the “recusal canon” to maintain fair and impartial judges

Case Filed: 08/01/2006

Court:

  • Fair Courts
  • Florida
Closed Case

Department of Human Services v. Howard

(Amicus) Case arguing against ban on any person who engages in same-sex sodomy from becoming a foster parent

Case Filed: 12/19/2005

Court: Arkansas Supreme Court

Decision: Victory

  • Anti-LGBT Policies
  • Family Protections
  • Arkansas
Closed Case

Brinkman v. Miami University, et al.

University’s domestic partner benefits program threatened by antigay group and legislator

Case Filed: 11/22/2005

Court: Ohio Court of Common Pleas

Decision: Victory

  • Anti-LGBT Policies
  • Employment
  • Health Care
  • Family Protections
  • Ohio
Closed Case

Etsitty v. Utah Transit Authority

(Amicus) Case arguing that a customer’s prejudices are not grounds to terminate transgender employees because of their appearance

Case Filed: 10/05/2005

Court: Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

  • Employment
  • Trans Rights
  • Utah
Closed Case

Angelucci v. Century Supper Club

(Amicus) Case arguing for a customer’s right to equal treatment

Case Filed: 08/26/2005

Court: California Supreme Court

  • Anti-LGBT Policies
  • Employment
  • California
Closed Case

Funderburke v. New York State Department of Civil Service, Uniondale Union Free School District, et al.

Case seeking health benefits for same-sex spouse of retired New York school teacher after they were married in Canada

Case Filed: 04/20/2005

Court: Supreme Court of the State of New York County of Nassau

  • Family Protections
  • New York
Closed Case

Davenport v. Little-Bowser

Case seeking birth certificates from the state of Virginia that reflect the names of the same-sex adoptive parents

Case Filed: 04/01/2005

Court: Virginia Supreme Court

  • Virginia
Closed Case

Hedberg v. Detthow

Case seeking to remove custody restriction forcing a same-sex couple to live separately in order to retain custody of a...

Case Filed: 01/01/2005

Court: Maryland Court of Special Appeals

Decision: Victory

  • Maryland