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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Obergefell v. Hodges / Henry v. Hodges
The landmark case that helped bring equal marriage nationwide.
Case Filed: 04/14/2014
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Decision: Landmark Case
Baskin v. Bogan
Federal case seeking the freedom to marry in Indiana and recognition of legal out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples.
Case Filed: 04/07/2014
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decision: Victory
Majors v. Jeanes (formerly Majors v. Horne)
Lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona arguing that Arizona’s ban on marriage for same-sex...
Case Filed: 03/13/2014
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
Decision: Victory
Freeman et al. v. Parker and City of Houston
Federal lawsuit on behalf of three City of Houston employees stripped of spousal health coverage benefits for their same-sex spouses.
Case Filed: 12/26/2013
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Lee v. Orr
Marriage case seeking immediate issuance of marriage license applications for all same-sex couples in Illinois where one or both partners...
Case Filed: 12/17/2013
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Decision: Victory
Gray v. Orr
Case seeking an emergency marriage license for a lesbian couple, several months in advance of the implementation of the new...
Case Filed: 12/05/2013
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Decision: Victory
McGee v. Cole
Lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia arguing that West Virginia’s marriage ban...
Case Filed: 09/25/2013
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Decision: Victory
In Re Marriage of J.B. and H.B and State v. Naylor
Amicus brief to the Texas Supreme Court in support of the petitions of J.B. and H.B. and Naylor and Daly,...
Case Filed: 09/04/2013
Court: Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals
Harris et al. v. Rainey et al. (formerly Harris et al. v. McDonnell et al.)
Federal lawsuit seeking the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in Virginia
Case Filed: 07/31/2013
Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
Decision: Victory
In re Balducci
Advocacy letter urging a New York City-based landlord to add the wife of lesbian tenant to rent-stabilized apartment lease in...
Case Filed: 06/27/2012
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Decision: Victory
Darby v. Orr
Case representing same-sex couples in Illinois seeking the freedom to marry.
Case Filed: 05/29/2012
Court: Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division
Decision: Victory
Sevcik v. Sandoval
Lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada arguing that Nevada’s ban on marriage equality violates...
Case Filed: 04/09/2012
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada
Decision: Victory
Buntemeyer v. Iowa Dept. of Public Health
Lambda Legal case in which a legally married same-sex couple in Iowa gave birth to a stillborn baby and was...
Case Filed: 02/08/2012
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Decision: Victory
Selby and Ballard v. Baltimore County
Case arguing that Baltimore County respect the out-of-state marriage of county employees and provide spousal benefits to married same-sex couples.
Case Filed: 12/15/2011
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Koebke v. Bernardo Heights Country Club
Case in California arguing that businesses that extend benefits to married couples must also extend them on an equal basis...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: California Supreme Court
Decision: Victory