Edited American Appellate Cases
Adjudicating Lesbian and Gay Rights Claims
Arranged by Case Name
Adar v. Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2011
Adoption of Charles B., Ohio Supreme Court, 1990
Adoption of Robert Paul P., New York Court of Appeals, 1984
Adoption of Swanson, Delaware Supreme Court, 1993
Adoption of Tammy, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1993
Allen v. State, Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, 1994
Angel Lace M. v. Terry M., Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1994
Appling v. Walker, Wisconsin Supreme Court, 2014
Baehr v. Lewin, Hawai’i Supreme Court, 1993
Baker v. State, Vermont Supreme Court, 1999
Baluyut v. Superior Court, California Court of Appeal, 1995
Baskin v. Bogan, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2014
Borquez v. Ozer, Colorado Court of Appeals, 1995
Boseman v. Jarrell, North Carolina Supreme Court, 2010
Bostock v. Clayton County, U.S. Supreme Court, 2020
Bottoms v. Bottoms, Virginia Supreme Court, 1995
Bowers v. Hardwick, U.S. Supreme Court, 1986
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, U.S. Supreme Court, 2000
Braschi v. Stahl Associates Company, New York Court of Appeals, 1989
Brown v. Johnson, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1984
Chicoine v. Chicoine, South Dakota Supreme Court, 1992
Christensen v. State, Georgia Supreme Court, 1996
Christiansen v. Christiansen, Wyoming Supreme Court, 2011
City of Atlanta v. McKinney, Georgia Supreme Court, 1995
City of Atlanta v. Morgan, Georgia Supreme Court, 1997
City of Dallas v. England, Texas Court of Appeals, 1993
Collins v. Faith School District, South Dakota Supreme Court, 1998
Coon v. Joseph, California Court of Appeal, 1987
Curiale v. Reagan, California Court of Appeal, 1990
Curran v. Mount Diablo Council of the Boy Scouts of America, California Court of Appeal, 1983
Custody of H.S.H.-K., Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1995
deParrie v. City of Portland, Oregon Court of Appeals, 1995
Department of Human Services v. Howard, Supreme Court of Arkansas, 2006
De Santo v. Barnsley, Pennsylvania Superior Court, 1984
Dignity Twin Cities v. Newman Center and Chapel, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 1991
Dillon v. Frank, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1992
DiStefano v. DiStefano, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 1978
Dixon v. University of Toledo, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2012
Doe v. Burkland, Rhode Island Supreme Court, 2002
Doe v. Doe, Virginia Supreme Court, 1981
E.N.O. v. L.M.M., Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1999
Elane Photography, LLC v. Willock, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2013
Engel v. Worthington, California Court of Appeal, 1993
Estate of Reaves v. Owen, Mississippi Court of Appeals, 1999
Evans v. May, Texas Court of Appeals, 1996
Ex Parte D.W.W., Alabama Supreme Court, 1998
Ex Parte J.M.F., Alabama Supreme Court, 1998
Florida Board of Bar Examiners Re: N.R.S., Florida Supreme Court, 1981
Florida Department of Children and Families v. In re: Matter of Adoption of X.X.G. and N.R.G., Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District, 2010
Gajovski v. Gajovski, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1991
Gay Inmates of Shelby County Jail v. Barksdale, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1987
Gay Student Services v. Texas A&M University, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1984
Giancaspro v. Congleton, Michigan Court of Appeals, 2009
Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 2003
Greenwood v. Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1995
Guardianship of Kowalski, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 1986
Guardianship of Kowalski, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 1991
Hanke v. Safari Hair Adventure, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 1994
Hayes v. Smith, Colorado Court of Appeals, 1991
Hernandez-Montiel v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2000
High Tech Gays v. Defense Indus. Sec. Clearance Office, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1990
Hinman v. Department of Personnel Administration, California Court of Appeal, 1985
Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2017
Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, U.S. Supreme Court, 1995
In re Divorce of Naylor and Daly, Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, 2011
In re Marriage Cases, California Supreme Court, 2008
In the Matter of Brooke S.B. v Elizabeth A.C.C., New York Court of Appeals, 2016
In the Matter of the Marriage of J.B. and H.B., Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District, 2010
Ireland v. Davis, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1997
J.B.F. v. J.M.F., Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, 1997
Jacobson v. Jacobson, North Dakota Supreme Court, 1981
Joachim v. AT&T Information Systems, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1986
Jones v. Barlow, Utah Supreme Court, 2007
K.M. v. E.G., California Supreme Court, 2005
Keeton v. Anderson-Wiley, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2011
Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health, Connecticut Supreme Court, 2008
Knight v. Connecticut Department of Public Health, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2001
LaChapelle v. Mitten, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 2000
Lapides v. Trabbic, Maryland Court of Special Appeals, 2000
Lawrence v. Texas, U.S. Supreme Court, 2003
Levin v. Yeshiva University, New York Court of Appeals, 2001
Lloyd v. Grella, New York Court of Appeals, 1994
Lofton v. Secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2004
Logan v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Alabama Supreme Court, 1985
Loring v. BellSouth Advertising & Publishing Corporation, Georgia Court of Appeals, 1985
Marriage of Cabalquinto, Washington Supreme Court, 1983
Marriage of Kraft, Iowa Court of Appeals, 2000
Marriage of Weisbruch, Illinois Appellate Court, 1999
Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 2012
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, U.S. Supreme Court, 2018
Matter of Cooper, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 1993
Matter of Jacob, New York Court of Appeals, 1995
Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins, Court of Appeals of Virginia, 2006
Mitchell v. Moore, Pennsylvania Superior Court, 1999
Nabozny v. Podlesny, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1996
National Pride at Work, Inc. v. Governor of Michigan, Michigan Supreme Court, 2008
National Gay Task Force v. Board of Education of the City of Oklahoma City, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1984
Nemetz v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1981
North Coast Women's Care Medical Group, Inc. v. Superior Court, California Supreme Court, 2008
Obergefell v. Hodges, U.S. Supreme Court, 2015
Opinions of the Justices to the Senate, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 2004
Padula v. Webster, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1987
Patterson v. Hudson Area Schools, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2009
Pavan v. Smith, U.S. Supreme Court, 2017
People v. Garcia, California Court of Appeal, 2000
People v. Uplinger, New York Court of Appeals, 1983
Perry v. Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2012
Peterson v. Hewlett-Packard Co., U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2004
Petition of C.M.A., Illinois Appellate Court, 1999
Piatt v. Piatt, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1998
Plaxico v. Michael, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1999
Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis v. City of Minneapolis, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 2000
Posik v. Layton, Florida District Court of Appeal, 1997
Potter v. LaSalle Court Sports & Health Club, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1986
Powell v. State, Georgia Supreme Court, 1998
Prowel v. Wise Business Forms, Inc., U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2009
R.E.G. v. L.M.G., Indiana Court of Appeals, 1991
Raum v. Restaurant Associates, Inc., New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 1998
Rolon v. Kulwitzky, California Court of Appeal, 1984
Romer v. Evans, U.S. Supreme Court, 1996
Ross v. Denver Department of Health and Hospitals, Colorado Court of Appeals, 1994
Rucks v. State, Florida District Court of Appeal, 1997
Rutgers Council of AAUP Chapters v. Rutgers, The State University, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, 1997
Seward v. Mentrup, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1993
Shahar v. Bowers, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1997
Simonton v. Runyon, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2000
Soroka v. Dayton Hudson Corporation, California Court of Appeal, 1991
State v. Carswell, Supreme Court of Ohio, 2007
State v. City of Madison, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, 1996
State v. Hadinger, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1991
State v. Limon, Kansas Supreme Court, 2005
State v. Lovely, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1982
State v. Pattno, Nebraska Supreme Court, 1998
State v. Thompson, Ohio Supreme Court, 2002
State ex rel. Human Services Department, New Mexico Court of Appeals, 1988
State of Ohio Metroparks v. Lasher, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1999
Steffan v. Perry, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1994
Stemler v. City of Florence, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1997
Sterling v. Borough of Minersville, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2000
Stroman v. Williams, South Carolina Court of Appeals, 1987
Tanner v. Oregon Health Sciences University, Oregon Court of Appeals, 1998
Thigpen v. Carpenter, Arkansas Court of Appeals, 1987
Thomas v. Thomas, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1996
Thomas S. v. Robin Y., New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 1994
Thomasson v. Perry, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1996
United States v. Windsor, U.S. Supreme Court, 2013
Van Ooteghem v. Gray, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1981
Vasquez v. Hawthorne, Washington Court of Appeals, 2000
Watkins v. U.S. Army, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1989
Weigand v. Houghton, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1999
Welfare of G.A.S., Minnesota Court of Appeals, 1998
Whorton v. Dillingham, California Court of Appeal, 1988
Woy v. Woy, Missouri Court of Appeals, 1987
Yonaty v. Mincolla, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 2012