Obergefell v. Hodges

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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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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
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 Alito
linked to: Samuel A. Alito Jr.
docketNumber 14-556
effect legalized same-sex marriage nationwide in the United States
fullName 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 Breyer
linked to: Stephen G. Breyer
legalIssue Due Process Clause
Equal Protection Clause
Fourteenth Amendment
same-sex marriage
lowerCourtDecision upheld state bans on same-sex marriage
majorityOpinionBy Anthony Kennedy
linked to: Anthony M. Kennedy
originatedFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
overturnedPrecedent Baker v. Nelson
petitioner James Obergefell
relatedConstitutionalProvision 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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