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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Lewis v. Harris
Case seeking the right to marry for same-sex couples in New Jersey
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
Raftopol et al. v. Ramey et al.
Case in which a same-sex married couple sued the Connecticut Department of Public Health because it refused to list both...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decision: Victory
Mongerson v. Mongerson
(Amicus) Custody case arguing that restricting ‘exposure’ to the gay friends of a parent on the sole basis of their...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Matter of the Estate of Ranftle v. Leiby
Case defending a man’s right to the estate of his deceased spouse with New York’s long-standing law respecting out-of-state marriages...
Case Filed: 10/28/2011
Court:
Young v. Lingle
Case seeking civil unions for same-sex couples in Hawai`i.
Case Filed: 07/29/2010
Court: The First Circuit Court of the State of Hawai`i
Embry v. Ryan
Appeal of a Florida family court ruling that a second parent adoption a lesbian obtained in Washington state could not...
Case Filed: 07/01/2008
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal, Second Circuit
Ellis v. Arriaga
Case arguing for equal protections for domestic partners who thought their relationships were registered with the state but were not...
Case Filed: 01/31/2007
Court: Fourth District Court of Appeal, Division Three
Conaway v. Deane & Polyak
(Amicus) Case seeking the right for same-sex couples to marry in Maryland
Case Filed: 10/19/2006
Court: Maryland State Court
Godfrey v. Spano
Case arguing for recognition of out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples in Westchester County
Case Filed: 09/01/2006
Court: Supreme Court of Westchester County
Department of Human Services v. Howard
(Amicus) Case arguing against ban on any person who engages in same-sex sodomy from becoming a foster parent
Case Filed: 12/19/2005
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
Brinkman v. Miami University, et al.
University’s domestic partner benefits program threatened by antigay group and legislator
Case Filed: 11/22/2005
Court: Ohio Court of Common Pleas
Decision: Victory
Funderburke v. New York State Department of Civil Service, Uniondale Union Free School District, et al.
Case seeking health benefits for same-sex spouse of retired New York school teacher after they were married in Canada
Case Filed: 04/20/2005
Court: Supreme Court of the State of New York County of Nassau
Finstuen v. Edmondson
Case challenging an extreme law that left children adopted by same-sex couples in other states “orphans” when their families moved...
Case Filed: 09/15/2004
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
Decision: Landmark Case
Hernandez v. Robles
Case seeking the right to marry for same-sex couples in New York
Case Filed: 03/05/2004
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Goodridge v. Department of Public Health
(Amicus) Groundbreaking case seeking the right to marry for same-sex couples in Massachusetts
Case Filed: 11/01/2003
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decision: Landmark Case