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  2. Same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia - Wikipedia

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    On January 19, 1995, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals issued its ruling in Dean v. District of Columbia. In this case, Craig Robert Dean and Patrick Gerard Gill, a couple who met all of the District's requirements for a marriage license except for being of the same sex, sought an order to compel the District to issue them a marriage ...

  3. Superior Court of the District of Columbia - Wikipedia

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    The main court entrance on Indiana Avenue. The first judicial systems in the new District of Columbia were established by the United States Congress in 1801. [1] The Circuit Court of the District of Columbia (not to be confused with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which it later evolved into) was both a trial court of general jurisdiction and an ...

  4. LGBTQ rights in the District of Columbia - Wikipedia

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    The action came as part of a stipulation agreement in a court challenge to the sodomy law brought by four gay men. [5] In 1973, Congress again granted the district home rule through the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. It provided for a new city council that could pass its own laws. However laws regarding certain topics, such as changes to ...

  5. The first legally-recognized same-sex marriage occurred in Minneapolis, [3] Minnesota, in 1971. [4] On June 26, 2015, in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court overturned Baker v. Nelson and ruled that marriage is a fundamental right guaranteed to all citizens, and thus legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

  6. List of United States federal courthouses in Washington, D.C.

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    Courthouse Image Street address Jurisdiction [1] First used Last used Notes District of Columbia City Hall †† 451 Indiana Avenue NW Various [2] 1823 1952 Now in use by local government. U.S. Supreme Court Bldg †† [3] 1 First Street NE U.S. Supreme Court (nationwide) 1935 present Howard T. Markey National Courts Bldg: 717 Madison Place NW

  7. KY clerk who denied marriage licenses to gay couples wants ...

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    Former Rowan County clerk Kim Davis is filing an appeal in a case in which she was ordered to pay two of the men $100,000, plus $260,000 in attorney’s fees.