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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Finstuen v. Edmondson
Case challenging an extreme law that left children adopted by same-sex couples in other states “orphans” when their families moved...
Case Filed: 09/15/2004
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Decision: Landmark Case
Dunbar v. Foot Locker, Inc.
Case arguing that Foot Locker failed to protect one of its employees from severe antigay harassment and discrimination in the...
Case Filed: 06/29/2004
Court: South Carolina State Court
Decision: Victory
Hernandez v. Robles
Case seeking the right to marry for same-sex couples in New York
Case Filed: 03/05/2004
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Goodridge v. Department of Public Health
(Amicus) Groundbreaking case seeking the right to marry for same-sex couples in Massachusetts
Case Filed: 11/01/2003
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decision: Landmark Case
Alons v. Iowa District Court for Woodbury County
(Amicus) case urging the Iowa Supreme Court to throw out a case brought by an antigay organization challenging a district...
Case Filed: 08/01/2003
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Fischer v. New York
Case seeking transgender woman’s right to change her name and obtain proper identification
Case Filed: 01/01/2003
Court:
Flanigan v. University of Maryland Hospital System
Case challenging a hospital’s decision to keep a gay man from visiting his dying partner
Case Filed: 02/27/2002
Court:
Brooklyn Housing and Family Services v. Lynch
Case challenging housing regulations that negatively affect lesbian and gay tenants.
Case Filed: 01/01/2002
Court: New York State Supreme Court