Romer v. Evans
E90996
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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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
LGBT rights case
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United States Supreme Court case → landmark civil rights case → |
| affectedGroup |
bisexual people
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gay people → lesbian people → |
| areaOfLaw |
LGBT rights law
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civil rights law → constitutional law → |
| arguedDate |
1995-10-10
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| challengedProvision |
Colorado Amendment 2
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| citation |
517 U.S. 620
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| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Equal Protection Clause
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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → |
| country |
United States
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| decidingCourt |
Supreme Court of the United States
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| decisionDate |
1996-05-20
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| dissentingJustices |
Antonin Scalia
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Clarence Thomas NERFINISHED → William H. Rehnquist → |
| dissentOpinionBy |
Antonin Scalia
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| docketNumber |
94-1039
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| fullCaseName |
Romer, Governor of Colorado, et al. v. Evans et al.
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| hasJurisdiction |
United States
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| holding |
A state cannot single out homosexual and bisexual persons and deny them protection across the board
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Colorado Amendment 2 violates the Equal Protection Clause → |
| languageOfOpinion |
English
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| legalIssue |
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
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| majorityJustices |
Anthony M. Kennedy
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David H. Souter NERFINISHED → John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED → Ruth Bader Ginsburg → Sandra Day O’Connor → Stephen G. Breyer NERFINISHED → |
| majorityOpinionBy |
Anthony M. Kennedy
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| originatingState |
Colorado
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| precedentFor |
LGBT equal protection jurisprudence in the United States
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| reasoning |
law based on animus toward a class of persons lacks a rational relationship to a legitimate state interest
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| result |
Colorado Amendment 2 was struck down as unconstitutional
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| standardOfReviewDiscussed |
rational basis review
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| term |
1995 term of the U.S. Supreme Court
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| topic |
anti-discrimination protections
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sexual orientation discrimination → state constitutional amendments → |
| vote |
6-3
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| yearDecided |
1996
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Equal Protection Clause
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basisFor |
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Romer v. Evans
("Romer, Governor of Colorado, et al. v. Evans et al.")
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fullCaseName |