Litigation

Court cases in the project's archive about laws and policies that affect transgender and other LGBTQ+ people. Each case page links its dockets, its court documents, its opinions and any oral arguments, with the originals on CourtListener. Charts show the cases by issue, year, court and place.

Also: a finding aid to experts who testified for the side defending the laws.

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270 of 664 cases match.

Cases
CaseCourtLevelCir.YearIssue / typeOutcomeDocuments
A.C. v. Fred Kutruff7th Cir.Circuit7th Cir.2023Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilitiesFavorable1
A.C. v. Metropolitan School District of MartinsvilleNo. 25-10947th Cir.Circuit7th Cir.2025Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities, AthleticsFavorable37
Adree Edmo v. Corizon, Inc.9th Cir.Circuit9th Cir.2023Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detentionFavorable2
Alabama, State of v. CardonaNo. 7:24-cv-0053311th Cir.Circuit11th Cir.2024Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities, Speech & religious objections, Federal executive actions98
Allan Josephson v. Toni Ganzel6th Cir.Circuit6th Cir.2019Speech & religious objectionsalso Gender-affirming care, EmploymentAdverse6
Allard v. Gomez9th Cir.Circuit9th Cir.2025Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detentionFavorable4
American Academy of Pediatrics v. James Uthmeier7th Cir.Circuit7th Cir.2026Gender-affirming carealso Speech & religious objectionsFavorable34
American College of Pediatricians v. BecerraNo. 1:21-cv-001956th Cir.Circuit6th Cir.2021Health coverage & benefitsalso Gender-affirming care, Speech & religious objections, Federal executive actions44
American Council of Learned Societies v. EnglishNo. 26-18292nd Cir.Circuit2nd Cir.20261
Andrew H. Warren v. Ron DeSantis11th Cir.Circuit11th Cir.2024Speech & religious objectionsalso Gender-affirming care, Policing & criminal lawProcedural no direction47
Andrew Reid v. Rory Griffin8th Cir.Circuit8th Cir.2024Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detentionAdverse2
Anita Green v. Miss United States of America9th Cir.Circuit9th Cir.2023Public accommodationsalso Speech & religious objectionsAdverse3
Anmarie Calgaro v. St. Louis County8th Cir.Circuit8th Cir.2019Family & parental rightsalso Gender-affirming care, Schools & educationFavorable9
Anna Lange v. Houston County, Georgia11th Cir.Circuit11th Cir.2025Gender-affirming carealso Employment, Health coverage & benefitsAdverse71
Arlington School Board v. Linda McMahonNo. 25-21074th Cir.Circuit4th Cir.2025Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilities, Federal executive actions21
Ashton Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School Distri7th Cir.Circuit7th Cir.2017Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilitiesFavorable4
Aurora Regino v. Kelly Staley9th Cir.Circuit9th Cir.2026Schools & educationalso Family & parental rightsAdverse32
Avendano-Hernandez v. Lynch9th Cir.Circuit9th Cir.2015Immigration & asylumFavorable18
B. E. v. Vigo County School Corporation7th Cir.Circuit7th Cir.2023Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilitiesFavorable14
B.P.J. v. WV Secondary School Activities CommissionNo. 23-11304th Cir.Circuit4th Cir.2023Athleticsalso Schools & educationFavorable155
Bates v. Pakseresht, et al.No. 23-41699th Cir.Circuit9th Cir.2023Speech & religious objectionsalso Family & parental rightsAdverse28
Benjamin v. OliverNo. 1:25-cv-0447011th Cir.Circuit11th Cir.2025Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detention61
Braidwood Management v. EEOCNo. 22-101455th Cir.Circuit5th Cir.2022Speech & religious objectionsalso EmploymentMostly adverse16
Brian Tingley v. Robert Ferguson9th Cir.Circuit9th Cir.2022Conversion therapyalso Speech & religious objections18
Bridge v. Oklahoma State Department of Education10th Cir.Circuit10th Cir.2026Schools & educationalso Bathrooms & facilitiesAdverse97
Brittany Tovar v. Essentia Health1st Cir.Circuit1st Cir.2022Gender-affirming carealso Employment, Health coverage & benefitsMostly favorable8
Brown v. Alaska Airlines IncNo. 2:22-cv-006689th Cir.Circuit9th Cir.2022Employmentalso Speech & religious objections31
California Tribal Families Coalition v. Xavier Becerra9th Cir.Circuit9th Cir.Family & parental rightsalso Federal executive actions3
Carl Charles v. Attorney General, State of AlabamaNo. 25-1097311th Cir.Circuit11th Cir.2025Gender-affirming care30
Carla Cruzan v. Special School Dist.8th Cir.Circuit8th Cir.2019Employmentalso Bathrooms & facilities, Speech & religious objectionsFavorable10
Carroll Independent School District v. United States Department of Education5th Cir.Circuit5th Cir.2026Schools & educationalso Federal executive actions15
Catholic Charities of Jackson v. Gretchen Whitmer6th Cir.Circuit6th Cir.2025Conversion therapyalso Speech & religious objectionsAdverse14
Chandler v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation9th Cir.Circuit9th Cir.2026Prisons & detentionalso Bathrooms & facilitiesFavorable61
Chelsey Nelson Photography LLC v. Louisville/Jefferson County Metro GovernmentNo. 22-58846th Cir.Circuit6th Cir.2022Speech & religious objectionsalso Public accommodations8
Chiles v. SalazarNo. 23-100210th Cir.Circuit10th Cir.2024Conversion therapyalso Speech & religious objectionsFavorable26
Christopher Doyle v. Lawrence Hogan, Jr.4th Cir.Circuit4th Cir.2021Conversion therapyalso Speech & religious objectionsFavorable1
Christopher Shorter v. United States3rd Cir.Circuit3rd Cir.2021Prisons & detentionFavorable2
City & County of San Francisco v. Alex Azar, IINo. 20-153989th Cir.Circuit9th Cir.2020Health coverage & benefitsalso Speech & religious objections, Federal executive actions9
City of Huntington Beach, et al. v. Newsom, et al.No. 25-38269th Cir.Circuit9th Cir.2025Schools & educationalso Family & parental rights18
City of Seattle, et al. v. Trump, et al.No. 26-55539th Cir.Circuit9th Cir.20261
Clark v. Hanley2nd Cir.Circuit2nd Cir.2023Prisons & detentionAdverse26
Clark v. Valletta2nd Cir.Circuit2nd Cir.2025Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detentionAdverse2
Coe v. BlancheNo. 26-18862nd Cir.Circuit2nd Cir.2026Gender-affirming carealso Federal executive actions, Privacy & medical records28
Committee of Five, Inc. v. SullivanNo. 1:25-cv-0166810th Cir.Circuit10th Cir.2025Speech & religious objectionsalso Public accommodations28
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kennedy1st Cir.Circuit1st Cir.2025Federal executive actionsalso Gender-affirming careMostly favorable28
Darcy Corbitt v. Secretary of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency11th Cir.Circuit11th Cir.2024Identity documentsAdverse14
Darren Patterson Christian Academy v. Roy10th Cir.Circuit10th Cir.2023Speech & religious objectionsalso Schools & education12
David Ermold v. Kim DavisNo. 24-55246th Cir.Circuit6th Cir.2024Speech & religious objectionsalso Family & parental rights15
de la Fuente Diaz v. Gonzalez ColonNo. 25-16381st Cir.Circuit1st Cir.2025Identity documents25
De'Lonta v. Angelone4th Cir.Circuit4th Cir.2003Gender-affirming carealso Prisons & detentionFavorable1

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