LGBTQ Relationships
Obergefell, et al. v. Hodges - Freedom to Marry in Ohio
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Ohio and Alphonse Gerhardstein of Gerhardstein & Branch have filed suit on behalf of Jim Obergefell and David Michener, two widowers, and Robert Grunn, a funeral director, in a challenge to the Ohio constitutional and statutory marriage recognition bans.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2015
LGBTQ Relationships
Bourke v. Beshear & Love v. Beshear - Freedom to Marry in Kentucky
Bourke v. Beshear is a federal court challenge to Kentucky's constitutional ban on marriage for same-sex couples, filed by attorneys at Clay Daniel Walton & Adams and Fauver Law Office on July 26, 2013, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. The plaintiffs are four same-sex couples seeking state recognition of their out-of-state marriages.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2014
LGBTQ Relationships
Schmidt and Schuh v. Alaska
Same-sex couples challenging Alaska's discriminatory tax law
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2014
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Schmidt and Schuh v. Alaska
Same-sex couples challenging Alaska's discriminatory tax law
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2014
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Windsor v. United States
Whether the Defense of Marriage Act violates equal protection by denying married gay couples recognition under federal law.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Apr 2014
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Windsor v. United States
Whether the Defense of Marriage Act violates equal protection by denying married gay couples recognition under federal law.
Missouri
Aug 2013
LGBTQ Relationships
Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System
Kelly Glossip and Dennis Engelhard had been committed domestic partners for 15 years when Dennis, a Missouri State Trooper, was killed while responding to an accident on Christmas Day, 2009. Missouri offers survivor benefits to spouses of state troopers who are killed in the line of duty, but excludes committed same-sex partners from receiving those benefits.
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Missouri
Aug 2013
LGBTQ Relationships
Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System
Kelly Glossip and Dennis Engelhard had been committed domestic partners for 15 years when Dennis, a Missouri State Trooper, was killed while responding to an accident on Christmas Day, 2009. Missouri offers survivor benefits to spouses of state troopers who are killed in the line of duty, but excludes committed same-sex partners from receiving those benefits.
Montana
Jul 2013
LGBTQ Relationships
Donaldson and Guggenheim v. Montana
Six committed same-sex couples have sued the state of Montana for failing to offer legal protections to same-sex couples and their families in violation of the Montana Constitution's rights of privacy, dignity and the pursuit of life's basic necessities and its guarantees of equal protection and due process. The goal of this lawsuit is to see that same-sex couples are able to protect their families with the same kind of legal protections that the State offers to different-sex couples through marriage.
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Montana
Jul 2013
LGBTQ Relationships
Donaldson and Guggenheim v. Montana
Six committed same-sex couples have sued the state of Montana for failing to offer legal protections to same-sex couples and their families in violation of the Montana Constitution's rights of privacy, dignity and the pursuit of life's basic necessities and its guarantees of equal protection and due process. The goal of this lawsuit is to see that same-sex couples are able to protect their families with the same kind of legal protections that the State offers to different-sex couples through marriage.
U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2013
LGBTQ Relationships
Hollingsworth v. Perry
Whether California’s Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to define marriage as solely between a man and a woman, violates equal protection.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jun 2013
LGBTQ Relationships
Hollingsworth v. Perry
Whether California’s Proposition 8, which amended the state constitution to define marriage as solely between a man and a woman, violates equal protection.