Obergefell v. Hodges

Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644, is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to... 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, 25 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 472, 2015 WL 2473451, 2015 U.S. LEXIS 4250, 2015 BL 204553
  • Argument:  Oral argument
  • Opinion announcement:  Opinion announcement
  • Prior history:  Obergefell v. Wymyslo 962 F. Supp. 2d 968 (S.D. Ohio 2013), Henry v. Wymyslo (S.D. Ohio 2014), reversed sub. nom, DeBoer v. Snyder, 772 F.3d 388 (6th Cir. 2014), cert. granted, 135 S. Ct. 1041 (2015), Tanco v. Haslam, 7 F. Supp. 3d 759 (M.D. Tenn. 2014), stay granted, No. 14-5297 (6th Cir. Apr. 25, 2014), reversed sub. nom, DeBoer v. Snyder, 772 F.3d 388 (6th Cir. 2014), cert. granted, 135 S. Ct. 1040 (2015), DeBoer v. Snyder, 973 F. Supp. 2d 757 (E.D. Mich. 2014), reversed, 772 F.3d 388 (6th Cir. 2014), cert. granted, 135 S. Ct. 1040 (2015), Bourke v. Beshear, 996 F. Supp. 2d 542 (W.D. Ky. 2014), Love v. Beshear, 989 F. Supp. 2d 536 (W.D. Ky. 2014), reversed sub. nom, DeBoer v. Snyder, 772 F.3d 388 (6th Cir. 2014), cert. granted, 135 S. Ct. 1041 (2015).
  • Majority:  joined by Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
  • Dissent:  joined by Scalia, Thomas
  • Dissent:  joined by Thomas
  • Dissent:  joined by Scalia
  • Dissent:  joined by Scalia, Thomas
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