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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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Active Case

Pierce v. Ackal

Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana on behalf of William...

Case Filed: 10/24/2017

Court: United States District Court Western District of Louisiana Lafayette Division

  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • HIV
  • Louisiana
Closed Case

International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump

Lambda Legal joined allied religious and civil-rights organizations and members of the clergy in submitting an amicus brief to the...

Case Filed: 09/20/2017

Court: Supreme Court of the United States

  • Immigration and Asylum
Active Case

Karnoski v. Trump

Lambda Legal and the Modern Military Association of America (formerly known as OutServe-SLDN and the American Military Partners Association) filed...

Case Filed: 08/28/2017

Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Washington
Closed Case

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice.

Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit to compel the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice to release information about their...

Case Filed: 08/23/2017

Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • New York
Closed Case

Freeman v. Turner

Lambda Legal and co-counsel Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of three married couples against...

Case Filed: 08/14/2017

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Texas
Active Case

Fulcher v. Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs

Lambda Legal filed an appeal in Fulcher v. Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs, challenging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ refusal...

Case Filed: 07/03/2017

Court:

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Colorado
  • Louisiana
Closed Case

Adams v. The School Board of St. Johns County, Florida

Lambda Legal filed a federal discrimination lawsuit in the Middle District of Florida against the St. Johns County School Board...

Case Filed: 06/27/2017

Court: Middle District Court of Florida

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Students' Rights
  • Florida
Landmark Case

Bostock v. Clayton County, GA / Zarda v. Altitude Express / RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes Inc v. EEOC

On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision approving the analysis Lambda Legal has been advancing for...

Case Filed: 06/26/2017

Court: United States Supreme Court

Decision: Landmark Case

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Employment and Rights in the Workplace
  • New York
Closed Case

Pavan v. Smith

Lambda Legal filed an amicus brief in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning whether the state of Arkansas...

Case Filed: 06/23/2017

Court: Supreme Court of the United States

Decision: Victory

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

Strickland v. Day

Lambda Legal and local counsel Dianne Ellis filed an appeal in the Mississippi Supreme Court on behalf of Christina Strickland,...

Case Filed: 06/01/2017

Court: Supreme Court for the State of Mississippi

Decision: Victory

  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Mississippi
Active Case

Zawadski v. Brewer Funeral Services

Lambda Legal is suing a Picayune, MS, funeral home for denying services for Robert Huskey after finding out he was...

Case Filed: 05/01/2017

Court:

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Seniors
  • Mississippi
Closed Case

Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley

Lambda Legal filed an amicus brief in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning whether Missouri can enforce a...

Case Filed: 04/19/2017

Court: Supreme Court of the United States

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Religious Exemptions
  • Missouri
Closed Case

F.V. v. Jeppesen (formerly F.V. v. Barron, F.V. v. Armstrong)

Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit challenging the State of Idaho’s refusal to allow transgender people to correct the gender...

Case Filed: 04/19/2017

Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Decision: Victory

  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Idaho
Closed Case

Arroyo v. Rosselló

Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of three transgender Puerto Ricans and the LGBT rights organization Puerto Rico...

Case Filed: 04/07/2017

Court: United States District Court District of Puerto Rico

Decision: Victory

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Transgender and Nonbinary Rights
  • Puerto Rico
Active Case

Barber v. Bryant

Lambda Legal joined Barber v. Bryant, the federal challenge to HB 1523, Mississippi’s discriminatory anti-LGBT legislation, which was brought by...

Case Filed: 04/03/2017

Court:

  • Anti-LGBTQ+ Rulings, Laws and Amendments
  • Marriage, Relationships and Family Protections
  • Religious Exemptions
  • Mississippi