Obergefell v. Hodges

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United States Supreme Court case civil rights case landmark case same-sex marriage case

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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Obergefell v. Hodges canonical 41
Obergefell et al. v. Hodges, Director, Ohio Department of Health, et al. 1
Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
civil rights case ⓘ
landmark case ⓘ
same-sex marriage case ⓘ
areaOfLaw LGBT rights ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
family law ⓘ
arguedDate 2015-04-28 ⓘ
citation 135 S. Ct. 2584 ⓘ
192 L. Ed. 2d 609 ⓘ
576 U.S. 644 ⓘ
consolidatedWith Bourke v. Beshear ⓘ
DeBoer v. Snyder ⓘ
Tanco v. Haslam ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decidedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 2015-06-26 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Samuel Alito
docketNumber 14-556 ⓘ
effect legalized same-sex marriage nationwide in the United States ⓘ
fullName Obergefell v. Hodges self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Obergefell et al. v. Hodges, Director, Ohio Department of Health, et al.
holding same-sex couples have a fundamental right to marry under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
states must license marriages between two people of the same sex ⓘ
states must recognize same-sex marriages lawfully performed out of state ⓘ
impact required all U.S. states and territories to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples ⓘ
required all U.S. states and territories to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other jurisdictions ⓘ
joinedMajority Elena Kagan ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
surface form: Stephen Breyer
legalIssue Due Process Clause ⓘ
Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
same-sex marriage ⓘ
lowerCourtDecision upheld state bans on same-sex marriage ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
surface form: Anthony Kennedy
originatedFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ
overturnedPrecedent Baker v. Nelson ⓘ
petitioner James Obergefell ⓘ
relatedConstitutionalProvision Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Constitution Fourteenth Amendment
respondent Richard Hodges ⓘ
respondentPosition Director of the Ohio Department of Health ⓘ
reversed Sixth Circuit decision upholding same-sex marriage bans ⓘ
term October Term 2014 ⓘ
voteDissent 4 ⓘ
voteMajority 5 ⓘ

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