Reported Cases, Briefs & Filings

Same-Sex Marriage Related Cases (archive)

A list of court cases, Alphabetical By State.  To jump to the state law page,  click here

Alaska

• ACLU v. Anchorage  (AK)

Arkansas

• Howard v. Child Welfare Agency Review Board (AR) - a challenge to the foster care laws

Arizona

• Standhardt v. Superior Court  (AZ)

California

• Lockyer v. San Francisco and Lewis v. Alfaro  (AZ)
• Smelt v. County of Orange Opinion June 17, 2005

Connecticut

• Kerrigan and Mock v. Conneticuit Department of Public Health (CT)

Florida

• Wilson v. Lake (FL)    
• Merritt, et al., v. Gardner (FL)

Georgia

• O'Kelley vs. Perdue (GA)

Indiana

• Morrison v. Sadler  (IN)

Iowa

• Varnum v. Brien (IA)

Hawaii

• Baehr v. Miike (HI)

Kentucky

• Wood v. Kentucky (KY)

Massachusetts

• Forum for Equality et. al. v. Honorable Fox McKeithen et. al.
  Cote-Whitacre v. Department of Public Health and Johnstone et al v. Reilly (MA) (1913 Challenge)
• Goodridge v. Massachusetts Dept. of Health  (MA)

Maryland

• Deane & Polyak, et al., v. Conaway, et al. (MD)

Michigan

• National Pride at work v. State of MI (MI)

Montana

• Snetsinger v. Board of Regents  (MT)

Nebraska

• Citizens for Equal Protection v. Attorney General (NE)

New Jersey

• Lewis v. Harris (NJ)

New York

• Hernandez, et al., v. Robles (NY)
• Langan v. St. Vincent's Hospital (NY)
• Samuels and Gallagher, et al., v. New York (NY)
• Storrs v. Holcomb (NY)
• New York v. West (NY)
• Slattery v. City of New York (NY) 1998

Pennsylvania

• Ferguson v. McKiernan (PA) - ruled that a sperm donor was responsible for paying child support

Oklahoma

• Bishop v. Oklahoma (OK)

Oregon

• Li and Kennedy, et al., v. State of Oregon, et al. (OR)

Utah

• Bronson v. Swenson (UT) - a case seeking legal recognition of polygamous marriages

Washington

• Anderson, et al., v. Sims, et al. (WA)
  Castle and Bauer v. State of Washington (WA)
• In re Kandu Bankruptcy Case (WA) - a challenge to the federal DOMA

Canada

• Canadian Marriage Cases

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Timeline: Gay Marriage in the Courts from WashintonPost.com

Resource Library for International Jurisprudence on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, prominent rulings from courts around the world compiled by the Human Rights Watch.

State by State Rundown of efforts to protect traditional marriage (Citizen Magazine)

Stateline.org Continually updated Rundown of marriage laws

Cases 1990-1999

• Baehr v. Lewin, (HI) 852 P.2d 44 (Haw. 1993);
  Baehr v. Miike, (HI) No. 91-1394, 1996 WL 694235 (Haw. Cir.Ct. Dec. 3, 1996); 994 P.2d 566 (Haw. 1999) (unpublished).
• Dean v. District of Columbia, 653 A.2d 307 (D.C. 1995)
  Storrs v. Holcomb (NY) 645 N.Y.S.2d 286 (N.Y. Sup. CT, 1996)  666 N.Y.S.2d 835 (N.Y. App. Div., 1997)
• Quilter v. Attorney General (New Zealand)  [1998] 1 NZLR 523 (New Zealand Court of Appeals, Wellington.)
  Brause v. Bureau of Vital Statistics, No. 3AN-95-6562, 1998 WL 88743 (Alaska Super. CT Feb. 27, 1998).
• Baker v. State, 744 A.2d 864 (VT 1999)
• Slattery v. City of New York (NY) 1998

Cases 1970-1974

• Anonymous v. Anonymous, (CT) 325 N.Y.S.2d 499 (Sup. Ct. 1971)
• Baker v. Nelson, (MN) 191 N.W.2d 185 (Minn. 1971), appeal dismissed for lack of substantial federal question, 409 U.S. 810 (1972)
• Jones v. Hallahan, (KY) 501 S.W.2d 588 (Ky. 1973)
• Singer v. Hara, (WA) 522 P.2d 1187 (Wash. Ct. App. 1974)