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The case had 148 amici curiae briefs submitted, more than any other U.S. Supreme Court case, [96] [97] including a historic amicus brief, written by Morgan Lewis partner Susan Baker Manning, on behalf of 379 business entities, which stated a business case for legalizing same-sex marriage across the country.
Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case dealing with sexual orientation and state laws. [19] It was the first Supreme Court case to address gay rights since Bowers v. Hardwick (1986), [20] when the Court had held that laws criminalizing sodomy were constitutional. [21]
Jim Obergefell and Rick Hodges, the two men whose names appeared opposite each another in the landmark 2015 Supreme Court case that led to nationwide marriage equality, have joined forces to ...
United States v. Windsor, 570 U.S. 744 (2013), is a landmark United States Supreme Court civil rights case [1] [2] [3] concerning same-sex marriage.The Court held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denied federal recognition of same-sex marriages, was a violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
BY AMANDA LEE MYERS AND BRETT BARROUQUERE ASSOCIATED PRESS CINCINNATI (AP) -- Two federal appeals court judges have made it clear they're on opposite sides of the same-sex marriage debate while a ...
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which reviewed the case before the Supreme Court, found that Smith had standing to sue. ... 2022. In a defeat for gay rights, the Supreme Court's ...
Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), is a landmark [1] United States Supreme Court civil rights decision in which the Court held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because of sexuality or gender identity.
A report in the New Republic raised questions about a 2016 inquiry that the plaintiff in a major Supreme Court case said she received for a same-sex wedding website.