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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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
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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
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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
Matter of Kyle Smith
Case arguing against the Foreign Service’s policy of not hiring anyone who is HIV positive.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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Matter of Matthew Cusick and Cirque du Soleil
Groundbreaking case arguing against Cirque du Soleil’s decision to fire an employee because of his HIV status
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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Decision: Landmark Case
Munson v. Del Taco, Inc.
(Amicus) Case seeking to ensure effective access to antidiscrimination protections in business establishments for disabled Californians, including people living with...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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Murray
Matter of an individual who was denied eligibility for transplant procedure because of his HIV status
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
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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
Rowell v. Rowell
Case arguing against a custody arrangement that is contingent on the children being blocked from seeing their HIV positive aunt...
Case Filed: 07/01/2005
Court: Chancery Court of Jackson County
Decision: Victory
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
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