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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

Donaldson and Guggenheim v. Montana
Montana
Jul 2013

LGBTQ Rights

Donaldson and Guggenheim v. Montana

Six committed same-sex couples have sued the state of Montana for failing to offer legal protections to same-sex couples and their families in violation of the Montana Constitution's rights of privacy, dignity and the pursuit of life's basic necessities and its guarantees of equal protection and due process. The goal of this lawsuit is to see that same-sex couples are able to protect their families with the same kind of legal protections that the State offers to different-sex couples through marriage.
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Montana
Jul 2013
Donaldson and Guggenheim v. Montana

LGBTQ Rights

Donaldson and Guggenheim v. Montana

Six committed same-sex couples have sued the state of Montana for failing to offer legal protections to same-sex couples and their families in violation of the Montana Constitution's rights of privacy, dignity and the pursuit of life's basic necessities and its guarantees of equal protection and due process. The goal of this lawsuit is to see that same-sex couples are able to protect their families with the same kind of legal protections that the State offers to different-sex couples through marriage.
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Hollingsworth v. Perry
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2013

LGBTQ Rights

Hollingsworth v. Perry

Whether California’s Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to define marriage as solely between a man and a woman, violates equal protection.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2013
Hollingsworth v. Perry

LGBTQ Rights

Hollingsworth v. Perry

Whether California’s Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to define marriage as solely between a man and a woman, violates equal protection.
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Governor Mifflin School District and Filtering of LGBT Online Content
Court Case
Feb 2013

LGBTQ Rights

Free Speech

Governor Mifflin School District and Filtering of LGBT Online Content

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ and the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Pennsylvania have sent a letter requesting that school officials at Governor Mifflin School District in Berks County stop using Internet filters that violate students' First Amendment free speech rights. The district uses a sexuality filter that blocks sites that express support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, and an intolerance filter that blocks political advocacy sites that are labeled as intolerant.
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Court Case
Feb 2013
Governor Mifflin School District and Filtering of LGBT Online Content

LGBTQ Rights

Free Speech

Governor Mifflin School District and Filtering of LGBT Online Content

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ and the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Pennsylvania have sent a letter requesting that school officials at Governor Mifflin School District in Berks County stop using Internet filters that violate students' First Amendment free speech rights. The district uses a sexuality filter that blocks sites that express support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, and an intolerance filter that blocks political advocacy sites that are labeled as intolerant.
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A.W. and C.W. v. Davis School District
Court Case
Jan 2013

LGBTQ Rights

A.W. and C.W. v. Davis School District

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ and the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Utah have filed a lawsuit against the Davis School District after elementary schools in the district were instructed to remove a children’s book about a family with same-sex parents from library shelves. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a mother whose children attend one of the schools where the book was restricted.
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Court Case
Jan 2013
A.W. and C.W. v. Davis School District

LGBTQ Rights

A.W. and C.W. v. Davis School District

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ and the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof Utah have filed a lawsuit against the Davis School District after elementary schools in the district were instructed to remove a children’s book about a family with same-sex parents from library shelves. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a mother whose children attend one of the schools where the book was restricted.
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Elane Photography, LLC v. Vanessa Willock
Court Case
Dec 2012

LGBTQ Rights

Religious Liberty

Elane Photography, LLC v. Vanessa Willock

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ and the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof New Mexico have filed an amicus brief in the New Mexico Supreme Court in support of Vanessa Willock’s public accommodations suit against a photography studio that refuses to take pictures for same-sex wedding ceremonies.
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Court Case
Dec 2012
Elane Photography, LLC v. Vanessa Willock

LGBTQ Rights

Religious Liberty

Elane Photography, LLC v. Vanessa Willock

The ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµ and the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓÆµof New Mexico have filed an amicus brief in the New Mexico Supreme Court in support of Vanessa Willock’s public accommodations suit against a photography studio that refuses to take pictures for same-sex wedding ceremonies.
Elane Photography, Llc V. Vanessa Willock. Explore Case.
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