Bourke v. Beshear
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Bourke v. Beshear was a landmark federal court case from Kentucky challenging the state's same-sex marriage ban, later incorporated into the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
United States federal court case
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constitutional law case → same-sex marriage case → |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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family law → |
| challenges |
Kentucky ban on recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions
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| circuitCourt |
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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| circuitDecisionDate |
2014-11-06
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| circuitHolding |
upheld Kentucky’s same-sex marriage bans
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| citation |
996 F. Supp. 2d 542
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| classification |
landmark LGBT rights case
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pre-Obergefell marriage equality case → |
| consolidatedWith |
Love v. Beshear
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| constitutionalProvisionInvoked |
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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| country |
United States
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| court |
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
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| courtLevel |
federal district court
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| decisionDate |
2014-02-12
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| defendant |
Steve Beshear
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| defendantOffice |
Governor of Kentucky
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| holding |
Kentucky must recognize valid same-sex marriages performed in other states
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Kentucky’s refusal to recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages violates the Fourteenth Amendment → |
| incorporatedInto |
Obergefell v. Hodges
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| judge |
John G. Heyburn II
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| jurisdiction |
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
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| legalImpact |
contributed to nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage
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| legalIssue |
Due Process Clause
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Equal Protection Clause → |
| legalSubject |
Fourteenth Amendment rights
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recognition of out-of-state same-sex marriages → same-sex marriage → |
| location |
Louisville, Kentucky
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| opposedBy |
Kentucky Attorney General’s office at the appellate stage
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| partOf |
same-sex marriage litigation in the United States
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| partyTypeDefendant |
state government official
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| partyTypePlaintiffs |
same-sex married couples
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| plaintiffs |
same-sex couples residing in Kentucky
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| precedentFor |
recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other states
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| proceduralHistory |
appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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| relatedCase |
Love v. Beshear
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| relatedFederalCase |
United States v. Windsor
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| relatedSupremeCourtCase |
Obergefell v. Hodges
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| result |
Kentucky’s same-sex marriage recognition ban was struck down at the district court level
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| state |
Kentucky
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| subjectMatter |
LGBT rights
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marriage recognition → |
| timePeriod |
post-United States v. Windsor era
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| year |
2014
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Obergefell v. Hodges
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consolidatedWith |
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Tanco v. Haslam
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relatedCase |