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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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
In Re Feldhaus
Case appealing a trial court decision denying a transgender man’s name change petition.
Case Filed: 06/09/2016
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Decision: Victory
Brooke S.B. v. Elizabeth C.C.
Lambda Legal represented Brooke S.B. in her effort to continue to parent the six-year-old son she and her former partner,...
Case Filed: 06/02/2016
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Decision: Victory
Oliver v. The Barbershop
Lambda Legal has brought this lawsuit to enforce California’s paramount interest in nondiscrimination and to make clear that freedom of...
Case Filed: 05/25/2016
Court: Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Bernardino
Carcaño v. Cooper (formerly Carcaño v. McCrory)
Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of North Carolina and Equality North Carolina filed a lawsuit challenging North...
Case Filed: 03/29/2016
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina
Zubik v. Burwell
Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to reject arguments made by religiously...
Case Filed: 02/24/2016
Court: United States Supreme Court
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt (formerly Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole)
Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday in support of the Texas abortion clinics, physicians...
Case Filed: 02/24/2016
Court: United States Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
Lively v. Fletcher Hospital d/b/a Park Ridge Health
Lawsuit seeking compensation for Sandra Lively, a registered nurse at North Carolina hospital Park Ridge Health, for the thousands of...
Case Filed: 02/11/2016
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
Roberts v. Clark County School District
Lambda Legal has submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in support of a transgender police officer in Nevada who was banned from...
Case Filed: 02/03/2016
Court: United States District Court for the District of Nevada
Smith v. Avanti
Lambda Legal filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against a Boulder County property owner who violated the federal Fair Housing Act...
Case Filed: 01/12/2016
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Decision: Victory
Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital
Lambda Legal asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case of Jameka Evans, a Savannah security guard who was...
Case Filed: 01/06/2016
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit