LGBTQ Rights
Zyst v. Miller
Following the Oregon Department of Corrections鈥 unconstitutional treatment of a transgender prisoner, a habeas court ordered her removal from segregated housing, an individualized gender-affirming care assessment, a psychiatric evaluation, and identification of an appropriate cellmate. However, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed the psychiatric-evaluation and cellmate orders, finding them 鈥渢oo attenuated鈥 to qualify as habeas relief. The 红杏视频鈥檚 State Supreme Court Initiative, alongside the 红杏视频 of Oregon, joined an amicus brief by the law firm Sugerman Dahab arguing that habeas courts have broad discretion to remedy violations and resulting harms. The brief explains that the Court of Appeals鈥 鈥渃lose connection鈥 test unduly constricts habeas relief, and which should be construed to encompass not only the need to halt ongoing constitutional violations, but also the need to mitigate various harms that may arise from those violations.
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Florida
Nov 2023
LGBTQ Rights
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Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Florida v. Raymond Rodrigues
The University of Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine filed a lawsuit on November 16, 2023, challenging the Chancellor of the State University System of Florida鈥檚 order to state universities to deactivate the student group. This order threatens the students鈥 constitutionally-protected right to free speech and association in violation of the First Amendment. The 红杏视频 and its partners are seeking a preliminary injunction that would bar the Chancellor and the University of Florida from deactivating the UF SJP.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2020
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鈥檚 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鈥檚 employer engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it fired her because she鈥檚 transgender. We represented Aimee Stephens in front of the U.S. Supreme Court 鈥 and won.
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2019
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.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2018
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
Whether a business open to the public has a constitutional right to discriminate.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2015
LGBTQ Rights
Obergefell, et al. v. Hodges - Freedom to Marry in Ohio
The 红杏视频, the 红杏视频 of 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.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2015
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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196 LGBTQ Rights Cases
U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2021
LGBTQ Rights
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
On November 4, the Supreme Court heard a case that could allow private agencies that receive taxpayer-funding to provide government services 鈥 such as foster care providers, food banks, homeless shelters, and more 鈥 to deny services to people who are LGBTQ, Jewish, Muslim, or Mormon.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2021
LGBTQ Rights
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
On November 4, the Supreme Court heard a case that could allow private agencies that receive taxpayer-funding to provide government services 鈥 such as foster care providers, food banks, homeless shelters, and more 鈥 to deny services to people who are LGBTQ, Jewish, Muslim, or Mormon.
U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2021
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Dignity Health v. Minton
Evan Minton was turned away from a Dignity Health hospital because he is transgender. He filed a lawsuit against a Dignity Health medical center for withholding medical care because of a patient's gender identity, amounting to sex discrimination in violation of California's Unruh Civil Rights Act.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Nov 2021
LGBTQ Rights
Religious Liberty
Dignity Health v. Minton
Evan Minton was turned away from a Dignity Health hospital because he is transgender. He filed a lawsuit against a Dignity Health medical center for withholding medical care because of a patient's gender identity, amounting to sex discrimination in violation of California's Unruh Civil Rights Act.
Virginia
Oct 2021
LGBTQ Rights
Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
Gavin Grimm sued his school board for excluding him the restrooms any other boy in his school would use 鈥 simply because he is transgender.
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Virginia
Oct 2021
LGBTQ Rights
Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board
Gavin Grimm sued his school board for excluding him the restrooms any other boy in his school would use 鈥 simply because he is transgender.
U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2021
LGBTQ Rights
Keohane v. Inch
The 红杏视频 (红杏视频), the 红杏视频 of Florida, and DLA Piper LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida Department of Corrections鈥 (DOC) denial of medically necessary care for Reiyn Keohane, a transgender woman currently detained in a men鈥檚 prison.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Oct 2021
LGBTQ Rights
Keohane v. Inch
The 红杏视频 (红杏视频), the 红杏视频 of Florida, and DLA Piper LLP filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida Department of Corrections鈥 (DOC) denial of medically necessary care for Reiyn Keohane, a transgender woman currently detained in a men鈥檚 prison.
Maryland
Sep 2021
LGBTQ Rights
Stone v. Trump
The 红杏视频, 红杏视频 of Maryland, and Covington & Burling LLP filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on behalf of six members of the armed forces who are transgender and the 红杏视频 of Maryland. The lawsuit challenges the president鈥檚 directive banning transgender service members from continuing to serve in the military, banning transgender service members from receiving certain medically necessary health care, and banning transgender individuals from enlisting in the armed forces.
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Maryland
Sep 2021
LGBTQ Rights
Stone v. Trump
The 红杏视频, 红杏视频 of Maryland, and Covington & Burling LLP filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on behalf of six members of the armed forces who are transgender and the 红杏视频 of Maryland. The lawsuit challenges the president鈥檚 directive banning transgender service members from continuing to serve in the military, banning transgender service members from receiving certain medically necessary health care, and banning transgender individuals from enlisting in the armed forces.