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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

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 Approximate Case

Roe v. City of Atlanta

Case in which a man living with HIV challenged the Atlanta Police Department’s refusal to hire HIV-positive police officers.

Case Filed: 10/28/2011

Court:

Decision: Victory

  • Employment
  • HIV
  • Georgia
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

Rose v. Cahee, et al.

Case brought against a doctor, clinic and health care institution after a woman was refused necessary surgery because of her...

Case Filed: 10/28/2011

Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

  • Health Care
  • HIV
  • Religious Exemptions
  • Wisconsin
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: 10/28/2011

Court: Chancery Court of Jackson County

Decision: Victory

  • HIV
  • Family Protections
  • Mississippi
Closed Case

Saavedra v. Nodak Enterprises

Case representing a skilled glass worker who was fired because his employer claimed his HIV status posed a “direct threat”...

Case Filed: 10/28/2011

Court:

  • Employment
  • HIV
  • Georgia
Landmark Case

Taylor v. Rice

Case Filed: 10/28/2011

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia

Decision: Landmark Case

  • Employment
  • HIV
  • Washington, D.C.
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

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
Closed Case

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

  • Health Care
  • HIV
  • Maine
Closed Case

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:

  • Health Care
  • HIV
  • Illinois