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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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Lee’s Log Cabin, Inc.
Employment discrimination case under ADA in which court ruled that evidence of the impact of AIDS on the claimant did...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Doust v. Doe
Case representing man refused dental care because he has HIV.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: New Jersey Superior Court
Couture v. Bonfils Memorial Blood Center
Employment discrimination case under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in which court did not reach issue of whether person...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Ohio v. Bird
Friend-of-the-court brief in support of a man living with HIV who was convicted of committing assault with a deadly weapon...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Ohio Supreme Court
Hickman v. Donna Curry Investments, LLC, et al.
Man fired from a Subway restaurant after disclosing his HIV status
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: United States District Court for the District of Nevada
Decision: Victory
People v. Allen
Case of a man who allegedly bit his neighbor and was charged with violating a Michigan bioterrorism statute based on...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Macomb County Circuit Court
Decision: Victory
In re Gwin
Administrative appeal of a state Medicaid program’s refusal to cover the cost of a life-saving organ transplant because the recipient...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
In re John Carl
Case representing HIV positive man denied kidney transplant.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
Decision: Victory
In re Little
Case arguing the right for a man living with HIV to receive care after being rejected from six nursing homes...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
In re Spera
Case arguing that a doctor cannot refuse to perform surgery on a man because of his HIV status
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Decision: Victory
Franke v. Parkstone Living Center, Inc.
Case brought against assisted living facility on behalf of retiree and his daughter, after the facility evicted the retiree because...
Case Filed: 05/12/2009
Court: U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas
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
Doe v. County of Centre
(Amicus) case arguing against a policy instituted by the Centre County Children and Youth Services, which barred placement of HIV-negative...
Case Filed: 05/01/2000
Court:
Bragdon v. Abbott
(Amicus) Case arguing that a dentist cannot refuse care for a patient with HIV
Case Filed: 06/01/1998
Court: United States Supreme Court
Doe v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company
Case arguing against a health insurance provider’s limiting policies for clients living with HIV
Case Filed: 01/01/1998
Court: