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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 Approximate Case

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

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • California
Closed Case

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

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • California
Closed Case

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

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Arizona
Closed Case

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

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Indiana
Closed Case

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

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • New York
Landmark Case

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

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • California
Closed 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

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Pennsylvania
Closed Case

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

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • California
Landmark Case

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

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Connecticut
Closed 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

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Ohio
Closed Case

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

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • California
Closed Case

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

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • California
Closed Case

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

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Arkansas
Closed Case

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

  • Health Care Fairness
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Florida
Closed Case

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

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Ohio