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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Caldwell v. SkyWest Airlines, Inc.; Delta Airlines, Inc.
Case winning equal travel benefits for spouses of lesbian and gay employees of SkyWest Airlines.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
Decision: Victory
Hervella v. Kriebel, Administrator of the Estate of Margaret A. O’Neil
Case on behalf of Amalia Hervella who was denied access to the estate of her deceased partner because they were...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: San Diego County Superior Court
Egan v. Fridlund-Horne
Case seeking to uphold non-biological mother’s right to have parenting time with her child.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Arizona Supreme Court
In re Infant Girl W.
Case arguing for joint adoption by same-sex couples
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Indiana Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
Debra H. v. Janice R.
Case on behalf of a nonbiological mother seeking custody and visitation rights with and to provide financial support to the...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: New York State Court of Appeals
In re Marriage Cases
Case seeking the right for same-sex couples to marry in California
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: California Supreme Court
Decision: Landmark Case
Jones v. Boring
Case arguing for the rights of a non-biological parent to receive primary custody of a child if biological parent is...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decision: Victory
Golinski v. United States Office of Personnel Management
Federal case seeking spousal health benefits for lesbian employee of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Decision: Victory
Kerrigan v. State of Connecticut
(Amicus) Case seeking the right for same-sex couples to marry in Connecticut
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Decision: Landmark Case
Cleveland Taxpayers v. Cleveland
Lawsuit brought by an antigay legal group attempting to strip away the City of Cleveland’s newly enacted domestic partnership registry...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Ohio Court of Appeals, Eighth Appellate District
Knight v. Schwarzenegger
Case arguing to uphold domestic partnership laws despite Proposition 22, California’s antigay marriage initiative
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: California Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
Koebke v. Bernardo Heights Country Club
Case in California arguing that businesses that extend benefits to married couples must also extend them on an equal basis...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: California Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
Cole v. Arkansas Department of Human Services
Amicus brief in support of challenge to Arkansas’ Act 1, which prohibits unmarried individuals living with a sexual partner from...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Langbehn v. Jackson Memorial Hospital
Case challenging a hospital’s decision to keep a lesbian from visiting her dying partner.
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: District court for the southern district of florida
In the Matter of L.K.M.
Case on behalf of a non-biological mother seeking shared custody and visitation rights with the child she has parented with...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Ohio Supreme Court