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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Zubik v. Burwell
Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to reject arguments made by religiously...
Case Filed: 02/24/2016
Court: United States Supreme Court
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt (formerly Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole)
Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday in support of the Texas abortion clinics, physicians...
Case Filed: 02/24/2016
Court: United States Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
Lively v. Fletcher Hospital d/b/a Park Ridge Health
Lawsuit seeking compensation for Sandra Lively, a registered nurse at North Carolina hospital Park Ridge Health, for the thousands of...
Case Filed: 02/11/2016
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Lawrence v. Office of Personnel Management
Case on behalf of a transgender man discriminated against by his federal employer because it denied health care coverage.
Case Filed: 09/15/2015
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King v. Burwell
Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of nine national HIV advocacy organizations in King v. Burwell, the latest...
Case Filed: 05/21/2015
Court: United States Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
Taylor v. Lystila
Health care discrimination case involving a transgender woman who was refused transition-related medical care.
Case Filed: 04/16/2014
Court:
East v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
Case representing low-income Louisianans living with HIV who are at risk of losing their health insurance because Louisiana insurance companies...
Case Filed: 02/25/2014
Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
Decision: Victory
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp v. Burwell
Amicus briefs to multiple federal courts of appeal and then the U.S. Supreme Court arguing against granting religious exemptions to...
Case Filed: 02/03/2014
Court: United States Supreme Court
Lopez Berera v. Holder
Amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit in support of asylum protection for Karolina Lopez...
Case Filed: 04/20/2012
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Dept. of HHS v. Florida
U.S. Supreme Court case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, a law that greatly expands access to health...
Case Filed: 01/13/2012
Court: U.S. Supreme Court
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 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
In the Matter of Brian (a.k.a. Mariah) L.
(Amicus) Case arguing that Children’s Services must provide a transgender youth sex reassignment treatment if it is found medically necessary
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: New York Supreme Court
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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