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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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
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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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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Conforti v. St. Joseph’s Healthcare System
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit against St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Paterson, New Jersey, after the hospital refused to allow...
Case Filed: 01/05/2017
Court: United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Evancho v. Pine-Richland School District
In October 2016, Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit on behalf of Juliet Evancho, Elissa Ridenour and A.S. against the Pine-Richland...
Case Filed: 11/18/2016
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Decision: Victory
Hicklin v. Precythe (formerly Hicklin v. Lombardi)
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Jessica Hicklin, a 37-year-old transgender woman incarcerated at the Potosi Correctional Center, a...
Case Filed: 08/22/2016
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Birchfield v. Armstrong
After more than 40 years together, Hal Birchfield and James Merrick Smith traveled to New York in October 2012 and...
Case Filed: 08/15/2016
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Wetzel v. Glen St. Andrew Living Community
In a groundbreaking decision, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a landlord may be held liable under the...
Case Filed: 07/26/2016
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit