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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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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

  • Criminal Legal System
  • Trans Rights
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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

  • Criminal Legal System
  • HIV
  • Michigan
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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

  • Trans Rights
  • Kansas
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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

  • California
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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

  • Anti-LGBT Policies
  • Family Protections
  • Religious Exemptions
  • Youth in Out-of-Home Care
  • Pennsylvania
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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

  • Fair Courts
  • Washington, D.C.
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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

  • Fair Courts
  • Washington, D.C.
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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

  • Anti-LGBT Policies
  • Criminal Legal System
  • Fair Courts
  • South Dakota
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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

  • HIV
  • Racial Justice
  • California
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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

  • Anti-LGBT Policies
  • Health Care
  • Trans Rights
  • Alaska
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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

  • Religious Exemptions
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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

  • Anti-LGBT Policies
  • HIV
  • Washington, D.C.
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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

  • Health Care
  • HIV
  • California
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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

  • Trans Rights
  • Ohio
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Klein dba Sweetcakes by Melissa v. Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industry

Lambda Legal filed friend-of-the-court briefs on behalf of Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer, a lesbian couple, urging the Oregon appellate courts...

Case Filed: 03/15/2018

Court: Oregon Court of Appeals, United States Supreme Court

  • Anti-LGBT Policies
  • Family Protections
  • Religious Exemptions
  • Oregon