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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

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

  • HIV
  • Ohio
Closed Case

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

  • Employment
  • HIV
  • Nevada
Closed Case

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

  • HIV
  • Michigan
Closed Case

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

  • Health Care
  • HIV
  • Arizona
Closed Case

In re John Carl

Case representing HIV positive man denied kidney transplant.

Case Filed: 10/28/2011

Court:

Decision: Victory

  • Health Care
  • HIV
  • Colorado
Closed Case

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:

  • Health Care
  • HIV
  • Louisiana
Closed Case

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

  • Health Care
  • HIV
  • Wisconsin
Closed Case

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

Court:

  • Employment
  • HIV
  • Washington, D.C.
Landmark Case

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

Court:

Decision: Landmark Case

  • Employment
  • HIV
  • Nevada
Closed 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

Court:

  • HIV
  • California
Closed Case

Murray

Matter of an individual who was denied eligibility for transplant procedure because of his HIV status

Case Filed: 10/28/2011

Court:

  • Health Care
  • HIV
  • Maryland
Closed Case

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

  • HIV
  • Seniors
  • Arkansas
Closed Case

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

  • HIV
  • Minnesota
Closed Case

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

  • HIV
  • Family Protections
  • Mississippi
Closed Case

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:

  • HIV
  • Pennsylvania