Romer v. Evans

E90996

LGBT rights case United States Supreme Court case landmark civil rights case

Romer v. Evans is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down a Colorado constitutional amendment targeting gay, lesbian, and bisexual people as a violation of the Equal Protection Clause.

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Label	Occurrences
Romer v. Evans canonical	6
Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996)	2
Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620	1
Romer, Governor of Colorado, et al. v. Evans et al.	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	LGBT rights case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ landmark civil rights case ⓘ
affectedGroup	bisexual people ⓘ gay people ⓘ lesbian people ⓘ
areaOfLaw	LGBT rights law ⓘ civil rights law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ
arguedDate	1995-10-10 ⓘ
challengedProvision	Colorado Amendment 2 ⓘ
citation	517 U.S. 620 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Equal Protection Clause ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decidingCourt	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1996-05-20 ⓘ
dissentingJustices	Antonin Scalia ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
dissentOpinionBy	Antonin Scalia ⓘ
docketNumber	94-1039 ⓘ
fullCaseName	Romer v. Evans self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Romer, Governor of Colorado, et al. v. Evans et al.
hasJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
holding	A state cannot single out homosexual and bisexual persons and deny them protection across the board ⓘ Colorado Amendment 2 violates the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
languageOfOpinion	English ⓘ
legalIssue	Equal Protection Clause ⓘ surface form: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
majorityJustices	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ David H. Souter ⓘ John Paul Stevens ⓘ Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
originatingState	Colorado ⓘ
precedentFor	LGBT equal protection jurisprudence in the United States ⓘ
reasoning	law based on animus toward a class of persons lacks a rational relationship to a legitimate state interest ⓘ
result	Colorado Amendment 2 was struck down as unconstitutional ⓘ
standardOfReviewDiscussed	rational basis review ⓘ
term	1995 term of the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
topic	anti-discrimination protections ⓘ sexual orientation discrimination ⓘ state constitutional amendments ⓘ
vote	6-3 ⓘ
yearDecided	1996 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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Equal Protection Clause → basisFor → Romer v. Evans ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Romer, Governor of Colorado, et al. v. Evans et al.

Colorado Amendment 2 → challengedIn → Romer v. Evans ⓘ

Colorado Amendment 2 → subjectOfCourtCase → Romer v. Evans ⓘ

Colorado Amendment 2 → overturnedByCourtDecision → Romer v. Evans ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996)

Colorado Amendment 2 → hasLegalCitation → Romer v. Evans ⓘ

this entity surface form: Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620

Colorado Amendment 2 violates the Equal Protection Clause → centralHoldingOf → Romer v. Evans ⓘ

Colorado Amendment 2 violates the Equal Protection Clause → announcedInCase → Romer v. Evans ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996)