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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2020
Aimee Stephens in front of the Supreme Court

LGBTQ Rights

R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v EEOC & Aimee Stephens

Aimee Stephens had worked for nearly six years as a funeral director at R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes when she informed the funeral home’s owner that she is a transgender woman. She was fired, the EEOC sued on her behalf, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Aimee’s employer engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it fired her because she’s transgender. We represented Aimee Stephens in front of the U.S. Supreme Court — and won.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2019
Don Zarda, Melissa Zarda, Bill Moore

LGBTQ Rights

Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda

Don Zarda loved to skydive. He worked as a skydiving instructor at Altitude Express, a company on Long Island, N.Y. He was fired for being gay.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2018
David Mullins and Charlie Craig

LGBTQ Rights

Religious Liberty

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

Whether a business open to the public has a constitutional right to discriminate.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2015
Jim Obergefell

LGBTQ Rights

Obergefell, et al. v. Hodges - Freedom to Marry in Ohio

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ, the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Ohio and Alphonse Gerhardstein of Gerhardstein & Branch have filed suit on behalf of Jim Obergefell and David Michener, two widowers, and Robert Grunn, a funeral director, in a challenge to the Ohio constitutional and statutory marriage recognition bans.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2015
Bourke Family

LGBTQ Rights

Bourke v. Beshear & Love v. Beshear - Freedom to Marry in Kentucky

Bourke v. Beshear is a federal court challenge to Kentucky's constitutional ban on marriage for same-sex couples, filed by attorneys at Clay Daniel Walton & Adams and Fauver Law Office on July 26, 2013, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. The plaintiffs are four same-sex couples seeking state recognition of their out-of-state marriages.
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190 LGBTQ Rights Cases

Franciscan Alliance v. Burwell
Texas
Sep 2022

LGBTQ Rights

Reproductive Freedom

Franciscan Alliance v. Burwell

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµintervened in a case challenging a section of the Affordable Care Act that prohibits health care entities from discriminating based on race, national origin, sex, age or disability.
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Texas
Sep 2022
Franciscan Alliance v. Burwell

LGBTQ Rights

Reproductive Freedom

Franciscan Alliance v. Burwell

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµintervened in a case challenging a section of the Affordable Care Act that prohibits health care entities from discriminating based on race, national origin, sex, age or disability.
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Bongo Productions LLC et al v. Lawrence et al
Tennessee
Sep 2022

LGBTQ Rights

Free Speech

Bongo Productions LLC et al v. Lawrence et al

Two businesses owners in Tennessee are challenging a new, first-of-its-kind Tennessee law that would require businesses and other entities that open their facilities to the public and allow transgender people to use the restroom that matches their gender to post a government-prescribed warning sign. The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµand the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Tennessee filed the lawsuit in federal court and claim it violates the First Amendment rights of the business owners.
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Tennessee
Sep 2022
Bongo Productions LLC et al v. Lawrence et al

LGBTQ Rights

Free Speech

Bongo Productions LLC et al v. Lawrence et al

Two businesses owners in Tennessee are challenging a new, first-of-its-kind Tennessee law that would require businesses and other entities that open their facilities to the public and allow transgender people to use the restroom that matches their gender to post a government-prescribed warning sign. The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµand the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Tennessee filed the lawsuit in federal court and claim it violates the First Amendment rights of the business owners.
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Thomas et al v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al
Georgia
Jul 2022

LGBTQ Rights

Thomas et al v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al

Shon Thomas and Gwendolyn Cheney are two Black transgender women enrolled in Georgia Medicaid who have been unable to access gender-affirming surgical care. They have sued the state, alleging that denying access to gender-affirming surgeries under Medicaid is a violation of the U.S. Constitution, the Affordable Care Act, and the Medicaid Act. They are represented by the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµand the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Georgia.
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Georgia
Jul 2022
Thomas et al v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al

LGBTQ Rights

Thomas et al v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al

Shon Thomas and Gwendolyn Cheney are two Black transgender women enrolled in Georgia Medicaid who have been unable to access gender-affirming surgical care. They have sued the state, alleging that denying access to gender-affirming surgeries under Medicaid is a violation of the U.S. Constitution, the Affordable Care Act, and the Medicaid Act. They are represented by the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµand the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Georgia.
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Vroegh v. Iowa Department of Corrections
Iowa
May 2022

LGBTQ Rights

Vroegh v. Iowa Department of Corrections

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ of Iowa filed a complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission against The Iowa Department of Corrections for denying a nurse at the facility use of the restrooms and locker rooms that align with his gender identity and necessary medical treatment because he is transgender. The complaint was co-filed with the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµand cooperating attorney Melissa Hasso with the Sherinian & Hasso Law Firm in West Des Moines.
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Iowa
May 2022
Vroegh v. Iowa Department of Corrections

LGBTQ Rights

Vroegh v. Iowa Department of Corrections

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ of Iowa filed a complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission against The Iowa Department of Corrections for denying a nurse at the facility use of the restrooms and locker rooms that align with his gender identity and necessary medical treatment because he is transgender. The complaint was co-filed with the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµand cooperating attorney Melissa Hasso with the Sherinian & Hasso Law Firm in West Des Moines.
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Walker et al v Marshall et al
Alabama
Apr 2022

LGBTQ Rights

Walker et al v Marshall et al

The Walker family and the White family have raised their children, H.W. and C.W. in Alabama. A new Alabama law may force them to leave the state because providing gender-affirming care — which doctors says is medically necessary for H.W. and C.W. — is now a felony offense.
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Alabama
Apr 2022
Walker et al v Marshall et al

LGBTQ Rights

Walker et al v Marshall et al

The Walker family and the White family have raised their children, H.W. and C.W. in Alabama. A new Alabama law may force them to leave the state because providing gender-affirming care — which doctors says is medically necessary for H.W. and C.W. — is now a felony offense.
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