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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Lucas v. Chalk
Lambda Legal, Just Detention International (JDI), and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of...
Case Filed: 01/14/2019
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Roe and Voe v. Austin (formerly v. Esper and at filing v. Shanahan)
Lambda Legal, Modern Military Association of America (MMAA), with partner law firm Winston & Strawn, filed a lawsuit on behalf...
Case Filed: 12/19/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Deese & Doe v. Austin (formerly v. Esper)
Lambda Legal and Modern Military Association of America (MMAA) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Kevin Deese and John Doe...
Case Filed: 12/12/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Northern Division
Gonzales v. Berryhill
Lambda Legal filed a motion on behalf of a 63-year-old gay man arguing that the Social Security Administration’s denial of...
Case Filed: 12/12/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico
Eller v. Prince George’s County Public Schools
Lambda Legal joined Arnold & Porter in a lawsuit filed against the Prince George’s County Public Schools and Board of...
Case Filed: 12/10/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
Ely v. Saul (formerly Ely v. Berryhill)
A lawsuit against the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) on behalf of a 65-year-old gay man seeking spousal survivor’s benefits...
Case Filed: 11/20/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
Decision: Landmark Case
Southern Poverty Law Center and Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. v. United States Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Prisons
Lambda Legal and the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Department of...
Case Filed: 11/19/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Dorn v. Michigan Department of Corrections, et al.
On November 12, 2018, Lambda Legal and Michigan Protection & Advocacy Service announced the successful settlement of a 2015 lawsuit...
Case Filed: 10/31/2018
Court: Western District of Michigan
Foster v. Andersen
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit challenging Kansas’ refusal to correct the gender marker on birth certificates for transgender individuals....
Case Filed: 10/11/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas
In Re the Marriage of Maria C and Luis C
The trial court issued a mutual restraining order against Appellant Maria C. without properly applying section 6305 of the California...
Case Filed: 10/10/2018
Court: Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District, California
Decision: Victory
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
Lambda Legal filed friend-of-the-court briefs in the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and again in the U.S. Supreme Court...
Case Filed: 10/05/2018
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Lambda Legal v. the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
On September 13, 2018, Lambda Legal and American Oversight, a non-partisan, nonprofit ethics watchdog committed to transparency and accountability in...
Case Filed: 09/13/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Lambda Legal v. Office of Management and Budget
As the U.S. Senate started the confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Lambda...
Case Filed: 09/04/2018
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Rhines v. Young
Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota, GLBTQ Advocates & Defenders, the...
Case Filed: 08/02/2018
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Briteramos v. King’s of Cuts (d/b/a “King of Kuts”) and Ramsy Milton
Lambda Legal filed a complaint in United States District Court on behalf of Nikko Briteramos against the owner of a...
Case Filed: 07/25/2018
Court: U.S. District Court