DeBoer v. Snyder
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DeBoer v. Snyder was a federal court case challenging Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban that became one of the key cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| DeBoer v. Snyder canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T226695 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DeBoer v. Snyder Context triple: [Obergefell v. Hodges, consolidatedWith, DeBoer v. Snyder]
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A.
Obergefell v. Hodges
Obergefell v. Hodges is the landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide by ruling that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.
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B.
Cantwell v. Connecticut
Cantwell v. Connecticut is a 1940 U.S. Supreme Court case that first applied the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause to the states, striking down a state law that improperly restricted religious proselytizing.
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C.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
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D.
South Dakota v. Dole
South Dakota v. Dole is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power to condition federal highway funds on states adopting a minimum drinking age of 21, helping define the scope of the federal spending power.
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E.
Shelby County v. Holder
Shelby County v. Holder is a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by striking down the formula used to determine which jurisdictions required federal preclearance for changes to their voting laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: DeBoer v. Snyder Target entity description: DeBoer v. Snyder was a federal court case challenging Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban that became one of the key cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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A.
Obergefell v. Hodges
Obergefell v. Hodges is the landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide by ruling that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.
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B.
Cantwell v. Connecticut
Cantwell v. Connecticut is a 1940 U.S. Supreme Court case that first applied the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause to the states, striking down a state law that improperly restricted religious proselytizing.
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C.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
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D.
South Dakota v. Dole
South Dakota v. Dole is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power to condition federal highway funds on states adopting a minimum drinking age of 21, helping define the scope of the federal spending power.
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E.
Shelby County v. Holder
Shelby County v. Holder is a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by striking down the formula used to determine which jurisdictions required federal preclearance for changes to their voting laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal court case
ⓘ
same-sex marriage case ⓘ |
| appealedTo | United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ |
| challenged |
Michigan constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman
ⓘ
Michigan same-sex marriage ban ⓘ |
| circuit |
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
ⓘ
surface form:
Sixth Circuit
|
| citationSixthCircuit | 772 F.3d 388 ⓘ |
| consolidatedInto | Obergefell v. Hodges ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis |
Fourteenth Amendment
ⓘ
surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
|
| constitutionalClaim |
Due Process Clause
ⓘ
Equal Protection Clause ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| courtOfFirstInstance | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ |
| defendant | Rick Snyder ⓘ |
| defendantOffice | Governor of Michigan ⓘ |
| districtCourtDecisionDate | 2014-03-21 ⓘ |
| districtCourtHolding | Michigan same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional ⓘ |
| districtCourtRelief | ban on same-sex marriage struck down ⓘ |
| districtJudge | Bernard A. Friedman ⓘ |
| impact | contributed to nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage ⓘ |
| initialFilingYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| issue |
whether states may ban same-sex marriage
ⓘ
whether states must recognize same-sex marriages ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ |
| laterExpandedTo | challenge to Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
adoption rights
ⓘ
same-sex marriage ⓘ |
| location |
Detroit
ⓘ
surface form:
Detroit, Michigan
|
| originalFocus | second-parent adoption by same-sex couple ⓘ |
| partOf | same-sex marriage litigation in the United States ⓘ |
| partyTypePlaintiffs | same-sex couple ⓘ |
| plaintiff |
April DeBoer
ⓘ
Jayne Rowse ⓘ |
| precedentialStatus | precedent in the Sixth Circuit until reversed by the Supreme Court ⓘ |
| relatedRight |
fundamental right to marry
ⓘ
right to equal protection regardless of sexual orientation ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Obergefell v. Hodges ⓘ |
| sixthCircuitDecisionDate | 2014-11-06 ⓘ |
| sixthCircuitDissentingJudge | Martha Craig Daughtrey ⓘ |
| sixthCircuitHolding | upheld Michigan same-sex marriage ban ⓘ |
| sixthCircuitPanelJudge |
Deborah L. Cook
ⓘ
Jeffrey S. Sutton ⓘ |
| state |
Michigan (most of state)
ⓘ
surface form:
Michigan
|
| subjectMatter |
recognition of same-sex couples as parents
ⓘ
state marriage licensing laws ⓘ |
| supremeCourtDisposition | reversed sub nom. Obergefell v. Hodges ⓘ |
| yearDecidedDistrictCourt | 2014 ⓘ |
| yearDecidedSixthCircuit | 2014 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: DeBoer v. Snyder Description of subject: DeBoer v. Snyder was a federal court case challenging Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban that became one of the key cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
Referenced by (10)
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