LGBTQ Rights
Mahmoud v. McKnight
On April 9, 2025, the 勛圖眻畦 and 勛圖眻畦 of Maryland filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in its efforts to ensure that its English Language Arts curriculum is LGBTQ-inclusive.
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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 Floridas order to state universities to deactivate the student group. This order threatens the students constitutionally-protected right to free speech and association in violation of the First Amendment. The 勛圖眻畦 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 homes 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 Aimees employer engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it fired her because shes transgender. We represented Aimee Stephens in front of the U.S. Supreme Court 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 勛圖眻畦, the 勛圖眻畦 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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Maryland
Nov 2017
LGBTQ Rights
Smith v. Board of Education of Frederick County
On October 20, 2017 the 勛圖眻畦, the 勛圖眻畦 of Maryland, and Free State Justice intervened on behalf of James van Kuilenburg, a transgender student, in the case Smith v. Board of Education of Frederick County to defend a Maryland school boards policies that prevent discrimination, harassment, and stigmatization of transgender and gender nonconforming students in the school system.
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Maryland
Nov 2017

LGBTQ Rights
Smith v. Board of Education of Frederick County
On October 20, 2017 the 勛圖眻畦, the 勛圖眻畦 of Maryland, and Free State Justice intervened on behalf of James van Kuilenburg, a transgender student, in the case Smith v. Board of Education of Frederick County to defend a Maryland school boards policies that prevent discrimination, harassment, and stigmatization of transgender and gender nonconforming students in the school system.

Montana
Oct 2017
LGBTQ Rights
Hobaugh v. Montana
In response to efforts by the Montana Family Foundation to push an anti-transgender ballot measure that would bar transgender people from using public facilities like bathrooms or locker rooms that are consistent with their gender identity, the 勛圖眻畦 and the 勛圖眻畦 of Montana filed a petition challenging the legal sufficiency of the description of the proposed anti-trans ballot initiative (I-183) that would go to the voters. The petition argued that the ballot and fiscal impact statements inaccurately characterize the initiative hiding both its discriminatory effect and its impact on local and state budgets. The Supreme Court of Montana agreed, ordering the Attorney General to revise both statements.
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Montana
Oct 2017

LGBTQ Rights
Hobaugh v. Montana
In response to efforts by the Montana Family Foundation to push an anti-transgender ballot measure that would bar transgender people from using public facilities like bathrooms or locker rooms that are consistent with their gender identity, the 勛圖眻畦 and the 勛圖眻畦 of Montana filed a petition challenging the legal sufficiency of the description of the proposed anti-trans ballot initiative (I-183) that would go to the voters. The petition argued that the ballot and fiscal impact statements inaccurately characterize the initiative hiding both its discriminatory effect and its impact on local and state budgets. The Supreme Court of Montana agreed, ordering the Attorney General to revise both statements.

Washington
Oct 2017
LGBTQ Rights
Enstad v. PeaceHealth
The 勛圖眻畦 and the 勛圖眻畦 of Washington filed a civil rights lawsuit against PeaceHealth, a Catholic healthcare organization, on behalf of Cheryl Enstad and her teenage son, Pax, for denying coverage under its health benefits plan for medically necessary surgery to Pax simply because of who he is. The suit claims that PeaceHealths policy of refusing to cover medical care required by transgender people is discrimination and violates federal and state law.
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Washington
Oct 2017

LGBTQ Rights
Enstad v. PeaceHealth
The 勛圖眻畦 and the 勛圖眻畦 of Washington filed a civil rights lawsuit against PeaceHealth, a Catholic healthcare organization, on behalf of Cheryl Enstad and her teenage son, Pax, for denying coverage under its health benefits plan for medically necessary surgery to Pax simply because of who he is. The suit claims that PeaceHealths policy of refusing to cover medical care required by transgender people is discrimination and violates federal and state law.

U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2017
LGBTQ Rights
+3 Issues
Epic Systems Co. v. Lewis; Ernst & Young v. Morris; National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil
Whether employment agreements that prevent workers from taking concerted action to challenge workplace violations conflict with protections in federal labor law.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2017

LGBTQ Rights
+3 Issues
Epic Systems Co. v. Lewis; Ernst & Young v. Morris; National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil
Whether employment agreements that prevent workers from taking concerted action to challenge workplace violations conflict with protections in federal labor law.

Wisconsin
Apr 2017
LGBTQ Rights
Boyden v. State of Wisconsin
Alina Boyden and Shannon Andrews, two state employees who are transgender filed a lawsuit against the State of Wisconsin. The case challenges the states categorical ban on coverage for certain types of necessary medical care for persons who are transgender under federal law and the Constitution.
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Wisconsin
Apr 2017

LGBTQ Rights
Boyden v. State of Wisconsin
Alina Boyden and Shannon Andrews, two state employees who are transgender filed a lawsuit against the State of Wisconsin. The case challenges the states categorical ban on coverage for certain types of necessary medical care for persons who are transgender under federal law and the Constitution.