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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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
Fletcher v. State of Alaska
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit against the State of Alaska on behalf of Jennifer Fletcher, a state legislative librarian...
Case Filed: 06/05/2018
Court: United States District Court for the District of Alaska
EEOC v. RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes
Lambda Legal filed an amicus brief in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Aimee Stephens, a transgender...
Case Filed: 06/04/2018
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Harrison 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 of...
Case Filed: 05/14/2018
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Doe v. AJ Boggs & Company
Lambda Legal filed a class-action lawsuit in California Superior Court against A.J. Boggs & Company on behalf of 93 low-income...
Case Filed: 04/03/2018
Court: Superior Court of the State of California County of San Francisco
Ray v. McCloud
Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit challenging Ohio’s...
Case Filed: 03/28/2018
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio