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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Powers v. Lippens
Case in which a Florida trial court entered an injunction prohibiting a non-biological mom, now separated from her former same-sex...
Case Filed: 11/10/2015
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decision: Victory
Zzyym v. Blinkin (formerly Zzyym v. Pompeo, Zzyym v. Tillerson & Zzyym v. Kerry)
A federal discrimination lawsuit was filed against the U.S. State Department on behalf of an intersex client, Dana Zzyym. Dana...
Case Filed: 10/26/2015
Court: United States Federal Court for the District of Colorado
Decision: Victory
Hamm v. City of New York et al
Federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of Thomas Hamm against...
Case Filed: 10/22/2015
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College
In groundbreaking 8-3 decision, the full Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation violates...
Case Filed: 10/19/2015
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decision: Landmark Case
Lawrence v. Office of Personnel Management
Case on behalf of a transgender man discriminated against by his federal employer because it denied health care coverage.
Case Filed: 09/15/2015
Court:
King v. Burwell
Lambda Legal filed a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of nine national HIV advocacy organizations in King v. Burwell, the latest...
Case Filed: 05/21/2015
Court: United States Supreme Court
Decision: Victory
Torres v. Seemeyer
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf Chelsea and Jessamy Torres, a married lesbian couple, seeking a birth certificate...
Case Filed: 05/13/2015
Court: United States Federal Court for the District of Wisconsin
Decision: Victory
Williams v. Colvin
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit against the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) on behalf of Dave Williams,...
Case Filed: 11/06/2014
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Murphy v. Colvin
Lambda Legal filed suit against the Social Security Administration (SSA) on behalf of Kathy Murphy, a Texas widow denied spousal...
Case Filed: 10/28/2014
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Passion Star a/k/a Zollicoffer v. Livingston
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Passion Star (legal name: Zollicoffer), a transgender woman currently in the...
Case Filed: 10/23/2014
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Decision: Victory
Condon v. Haley
Lambda Legal, in partnership with South Carolina Equality, filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court of South...
Case Filed: 10/16/2014
Court: United States District Court for South Carolina
Decision: Victory
Robicheaux v. Caldwell
Lambda Legal joined the legal team representing a total of seven Louisiana same-sex couples and the Forum for Equality Louisiana,...
Case Filed: 10/10/2014
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
American Military Partner Association v. McDonald
This suit, against the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on behalf of the American Military Partner Association (“AMPA”), argues that the...
Case Filed: 08/19/2014
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decision: Victory
Inniss v. Aderhold
Lambda Legal’s federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of a widow...
Case Filed: 07/10/2014
Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Odgaard v. Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Case representing a gay couple denied the ability to rent event space by an Iowa commercial business establishment.
Case Filed: 07/03/2014
Court: Iowa Supreme Court