MTO Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging Idaho Restroom Access Law 

Munger, Tolles & Olson, in conjunction with Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of Idaho and Alturas Law Group, PLLC, filed a lawsuit on behalf of six transgender Idahoans challenging a new state law regulating restroom access.

The lawsuit, Jackson-Edney et al. v. Labrador et al., challenges Idaho House Bill 752, which purports to criminalize plaintiffs’ use of sex-designated public restrooms that are consistent with their gender identity in government buildings and certain private businesses open to the public — such as libraries, rest stops, airports, malls, gas stations, hospitals and restaurants. The plaintiffs allege that the law violates the Fourteenth Amendment, including being unconstitutionally vague and violating both the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause’s privacy protections.

Signed into law on March 31, 2026, by Idaho Governor Brad Little, H.B. 752 imposes criminal penalties for violations, including a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail for a first offense and a felony punishable by up to five years for subsequent offenses. The law is one of the most restrictive in the nation through its extension of criminal enforcement to private businesses open to the public and the severity of its penalties.

The MTO team includes Katherine Forster, Max Rosen, Danny (Qian Zhe) Zhang, Kyle Groves and Jannet Gomez.

Read the ACLU’s press release. The lawsuit has received media coverage in The New York Times, Advocate, Idaho Statesman, Idaho Capital Sun and other publications.