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Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws criminalizing sodomy between consenting adults are unconstitutional. [ a ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Court reaffirmed the concept of a " right to privacy " that earlier cases had found the U.S. Constitution provides, even though it ...
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell on June 26, Phrasavath filed a motion for summary judgment on August 25, 2015 to be able to inherit Powell's estate. The Texas Supreme Court found on October 5, 2015 that the couple did in fact have a common-law marriage. [55] On February 19, 2015, in Goodfriend & Bryant v.
The Attorney General appealed that decision too, but on January 7, 2011, the Third Court of Appeals in Austin, in the case of Texas v. Naylor held that the state had no right to intervene in the case, to challenge the divorce on appeal. [56] The case is pending before the Texas Supreme Court. Oral arguments took place November 5, 2013. [53] [54 ...
In California, voters approved Proposition 3, which will remove the state's inactive 2008 ban on same-sex marriage from the constitution and instead guarantee the right for people to marry ...
Texas ruling. On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled bans on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional in Obergefell v. Hodges. Texas has a hate crime statute that strengthens penalties for certain crimes motivated by a victim's sexual orientation, although crimes are rarely prosecuted under the statute.
He pointed to comments from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who said over the weekend that the Supreme Court’s decision protecting marriage equality was “clearly wrong” and state legislatures should ...
McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley filed a lawsuit after a state agency warned her about refusing to marry gay couples. She hopes a recent U.S. Supreme Court case about religious ...
The case had 148 amici curiae briefs submitted, more than any other U.S. Supreme Court case, [96] [97] including a historic amicus brief, written by Morgan Lewis partner Susan Baker Manning, on behalf of 379 business entities, which stated a business case for legalizing same-sex marriage across the country.