Obergefell v. Hodges

Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644, is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court which ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples... Wikipedia

• Full case name:  James Obergefell, et al, Petitioners v. Richard Hodges, Director, Ohio Department of Health, et al.
• Docket nos.:  14-556
• Citations:  576 U.S. 644 (more) 135 S. Ct. 2584, 192 L. Ed. 2d 609, 83 U.S.L.W. 4592, 2015 WL 2473451, 2015 U.S. LEXIS 4250, 2015 BL 204553
• Argument:  Oral argument
• Opinion announcement:  Opinion announcement
• Prior history:  District court decisions, each siding with the plaintiffs, Obergefell v. Wymyslo 962 F. Supp. 2d 968 (S.D. Ohio 2013), Henry v. Wymyslo (S.D. Ohio 2014), Tanco v. Haslam, 7 F. Supp. 3d 759 (M.D. Tenn. 2014), stay granted, No. 14-5297 (6th Cir. Apr. 25, 2014), DeBoer v. Snyder, 973 F. Supp. 2d 757 (E.D. Mich. 2014), Bourke v. Beshear, 996 F. Supp. 2d 542 (W.D. Ky. 2014), Love v. Beshear, 989 F. Supp. 2d 536 (W.D. Ky. 2014), Cases reversed, DeBoer v. Snyder, 772 F.3d 388 (6th Cir. 2014), Certiorari granted, 574 U.S. 1118 (2015).
• Majority:  Kennedy, joined by Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
• Dissent:  Roberts, joined by Scalia, Thomas
• Dissent:  Scalia, joined by Thomas
• Dissent:  Thomas, joined by Scalia
• Dissent:  Alito, joined by Scalia, Thomas
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo