http://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docketfiles/14-562.htm

No. 14-562

Vide 14-556, 14-571, 14-574

Title:

Valeria Tanco, et al., Petitioners

v.

Bill Haslam, Governor of Tennessee, et al.

Docketed:

November 14, 2014

Lower Ct:

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

  Case Nos.:

(14-5297)

  Decision Date:

November 6, 2014

Questions Presented


~~~Date~~~ 

~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Nov 14 2014

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 15, 2014)

Nov 14 2014

Appendix of Valeria Tanco, et al. filed.

Dec 9 2014

Motion for leave to intervene filed by Chris Sevier.

Dec 15 2014

Brief of respondents Bill Haslam, Governor of Tennessee, et al. in opposition filed.

Dec 15 2014

Brief amicus curiae of Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter filed. VIDED.

Dec 15 2014

Brief amici curiae of 76 Scholars of Marriage filed.

Dec 19 2014

Letter from counsel for petitioners dated December 19, 2014, received waiving 14-day waiting

period pursuant to Rule 15.5.

Dec 22 2014

Reply of petitioners Valeria Tanco, et al. filed.

Dec 22 2014

Response in opposition to motion for leave to intervene filed by respondents. (Distributed)

Dec 23 2014

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2015.

Jan 12 2015

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 16, 2015.

Jan 16 2015

Petition GRANTED The petitions for writs of certiorari in No. 14-556, No. 14-571, and No. 14-574 are granted. The cases are consolidated and the petitions for writs of certiorari are granted limited to the following questions: 1) Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex? 2) Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-state? A total of ninety minutes is allotted for oral argument on Question 1. A total of one hour is allotted for oral argument on Question 2. The parties are limited to filing briefs on the merits and presenting oral argument on the questions presented in their respective petitions. The briefs of petitioners are to be filed on or before 2 p.m., Friday, February 27, 2015. The briefs of respondents are to be filed on or before 2 p.m., Friday, March 27, 2015. The reply briefs are to be filed on or before 2 p.m., Friday, April 17, 2015. VIDED


~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   

~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  

~~Phone~~~

Attorneys for Petitioners:

Douglas Hallward-Driemeier

Ropes & Gray LLP

(202) 508-4600

    Counsel of Record

One Metro Center

700 12th Street, N.W., Suite 900

Washington, DC  20005

Douglas.Hallward-Driemeier@ropesgray.com

Party name: Valeria Tanco, et al.

Attorneys for Respondents:

Joseph F. Whalen

Associate Solicitor General

(615) 741-3499

    Counsel of Record

Office of the Attorney General of Tennessee

P.O. Box 20207

Nashville, TN  37202-0207

joe.whalen@ag.tn.gov

Party name: Bill Haslam, Governor of Tennessee, et al.

Other:

Gene C. Schaerr

Law Offices of Gene C. Schaerr

(202) 361-1061

332 Constitution Avenue NE

Washington, DC  20002

gschaerr@gmail.com

Party name: Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter

 

Gene Clayton Schaerr

332 Constitution Avenue NE

(202)-361-1061

Washington, DC  20002

gschaerr@gmail.com

Party name: 76 Scholars of Marriage

 

Chris Sevier

9 Music Square South #247

(615) 500-4411

Nashville, TN  37203

Party name: Chris Sevier

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No. 14-556

Vide 14-562, 14-571, 14-574

Title:

James Obergefell, et al., Petitioners

v.

Richard Hodges, Director, Ohio Department of Health, et al.

Docketed:

November 14, 2014

Lower Ct:

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

  Case Nos.:

(14-3057, 14-3464)

  Decision Date:

November 6, 2014

Questions Presented


~~~Date~~~ 

~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Nov 14 2014

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 15, 2014)

Dec 8 2014

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party,

received from counsel for the respondents.

Dec 12 2014

Brief of respondent Richard Hodges, Director, Ohio Department of Health filed.

Dec 15 2014

Brief amicus curiae of Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter filed. VIDED.

Dec 15 2014

Brief amici curiae of Colage; Equality Federation, et al. filed. VIDED.

Dec 15 2014

Brief amici curiae of 76 Scholars of Marriage filed. VIDED.

Dec 19 2014

Letter from counsel for petitioners dated December 19, 2014, received waiving 14-day waiting period pursuant to Rule 15.5.

Dec 21 2014

Reply of petitioners James Obergefell, et al. filed.

Dec 23 2014

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2015.

Jan 12 2015

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 16, 2015.

Jan 16 2015

Petition GRANTED The petitions for writs of certiorari in No. 14-562, No. 14-571, and No. 14-574 are granted. The cases are consolidated and the petitions for writs of certiorari are granted limited to the following questions: 1) Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex? 2) Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-state? A total of ninety minutes is allotted for oral argument on Question 1. A total of one hour is allotted for oral argument on Question 2. The parties are limited to filing briefs on the merits and presenting oral argument on the questions presented in their respective petitions. The briefs of petitioners are to be filed on or before 2 p.m., Friday, February 27, 2015. The briefs of respondents are to be filed on or before 2 p.m., Friday, March 27, 2015. The reply briefs are to be filed on or before 2 p.m., Friday, April 17, 2015. VIDED



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   

~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  

~~Phone~~~

Attorneys for Petitioners:

Alphonse A. Gerhardstein

Gerhardstein & Branch LPA

(513) 621-9100

    Counsel of Record

432 Walnut St.

Suite 400

Cincinnati, OH  45202

agerhardstein@GBLfirm.com

Party name: James Obergefell, et al.

Attorneys for Respondents:

Eric E. Murphy

State Solicitor

(614) 466-8980

    Counsel of Record

Office of the Attorney General

30 East Broad Street, 17th Fl.

Columbus, OH  43215-3428

eric.murphy@ohioattorneygeneral.gov

Party name: Richard Hodges, Director, Ohio Department of Health, et al.

Other:

Gene C. Schaerr

Law Offices of Gene C. Schaerr

(202) 361-1061

332 Constitution Avenue NE

Washington, DC  20002

gschaerr@gmail.com

Party name: Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter

 

Gene Clayton Schaerr

332 Constitution Avenue NE

(202)-361-1061

Washington, DC  20002

gschaerr@gmail.com

Party name: 76 Scholars of Marriage

 

Jeffrey S. Trachtman

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP

(212) 715-9100

1177 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY  10036

jtrachtman@kramerlevin.com

Party name: Colage; Equality Federation, et al.

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No. 14-571

Vide 14-556, 14-562, 14-574

Title:

April DeBoer, et al., Petitioners

v.

Rick Snyder, Governor of Michigan, et al.

Docketed:

November 18, 2014

Lower Ct:

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

  Case Nos.:

(14-1341)

  Decision Date:

November 6, 2014

Questions Presented


~~~Date~~~ 

~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Nov 14 2014

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 18, 2014)

Nov 24 2014

Brief of respondents Rick Snyder, Governor of Michigan, et al. in support filed.

Dec 1 2014

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party received from counsel for the respondents.

Dec 2 2014

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners.

Dec 3 2014

Letter of November 25, 2014, waiving the right to file a repy brief in support of the petition.

Dec 9 2014

Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, Inc. in support of neither party filed.

Dec 15 2014

Brief amici curiae of Colage, Equality Federation, et al. filed. VIDED.

Dec 15 2014

Brief amicus curiae of Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter filed. VIDED.

Dec 15 2014

Brief amici curiae of 76 Scholars of Marriage filed. VIDED.

Dec 18 2014

Brief amici curiae of The National Coalition of Black Pastors, and Christian Leaders filed.

Dec 18 2014

Brief amicus curiae of David Boyle in support of neither party filed. (Distributed)

Dec 23 2014

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2015.

Jan 12 2015

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 16, 2015.

Jan 16 2015

Petition GRANTED The petitions for writs of certiorari in No. 14-556, No. 14-562, and No. 14-574 are granted. The cases are consolidated and the petitions for writs of certiorari are granted limited to the following questions: 1) Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex? 2) Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-state? A total of ninety minutes is allotted for oral argument on Question 1. A total of one hour is allotted for oral argument on Question 2. The parties are limited to filing briefs on the merits and presenting oral argument on the questions presented in their respective petitions. The briefs of petitioners are to be filed on or before 2 p.m., Friday, February 27, 2015. The briefs of respondents are to be filed on or before 2 p.m., Friday, March 27, 2015. The reply briefs are to be filed on or before 2 p.m., Friday, April 17, 2015. VIDED


~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   

~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  

~~Phone~~~

Attorneys for Petitioners:

Carole M. Stanyar

221 N. Main Street

(313) 819-3953

    Counsel of Record

Suite 300

Ann Arbor, MI  48104

cstanyar@wowway.com

Party name: April DeBoer, et al.

Attorneys for Respondents:

Aaron D. Lindstrom

Solicitor General

(517) 373-1124

    Counsel of Record

Michigan Department of Attorney General

P.O. Box 30212

Lansing, MI  48909

lindstroma@michigan.gov

Party name: Rick Snyder, Governor of Michigan, et al.

Other:

David C. Boyle

P.O. Box 15143

(734)-904-6132

Long Beach, CA  90815

dbo@boyleslaw.org

Party name: David Boyle

 

Lawrence J. Joseph

1250 Connecticut Ave., NW

(202) 699-1339

Suite 200

Washington, DC  20036

ljoseph@larryjoseph.com

Party name: Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, Inc.

 

Gene C. Schaerr

Law Offices of Gene C. Schaerr

(202) 361-1061

332 Constitution Avenue NE

Washington, DC  20002

gschaerr@gmail.com

Party name: 76 76 Scholars of Marriage

 

Gene Clayton Schaerr

332 Constitution Avenue NE

(202)-361-1061

Washington, DC  20002

gschaerr@gmail.com

Party name: Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter

 

Richard Thompson

Thomas More Law Center

(734) 930-7145

24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive

P.O. Box 393

Ann Arbor, MI  48106

rthompson@thomasmore.org

Party name: The National Coalition of Black Pastors, and Christian Leaders

 

Jeffrey S. Trachtman

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP

(212) 715-9100

1177 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY  10036

jtrachtman@kramerlevin.com

Party name: Colage, Equality Federation, et al.

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No. 14-574

Vide 14-556, 14-562, 14-571

Title:

Gregory Bourke, et al., Petitioners

v.

Steve Beshear, Governor of Kentucky, et al.

Docketed:

November 18, 2014

Lower Ct:

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

  Case Nos.:

(14-5291, 14-5818)

  Decision Date:

November 6, 2014

Questions Presented


~~~Date~~~ 

~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Nov 18 2014

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 18, 2014)

Dec 8 2014

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent.

Dec 8 2014

Brief of respondent Steve Beshear, Governor of Kentucky in support filed.

Dec 15 2014

Brief amici curiae of Colage, Equality Federation, et al. filed. VIDED.

Dec 15 2014

Brief amicus curiae of Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter filed. VIDED.

Dec 15 2014

Brief amici curiae of 76 Scholars of Marriage filed. VIDED

Dec 22 2014

Reply of petitioners Gregory Bourke, et al. filed.

Dec 23 2014

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2015.

Jan 12 2015

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 16, 2015.

Jan 16 2015

Petition GRANTED The petitions for writs of certiorari in No. 14-556, No. 14-562, and No. 14-571 are granted. The cases are consolidated and the petitions for writs of certiorari are granted limited to the following questions: 1) Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex? 2) Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-state? A total of ninety minutes is allotted for oral argument on Question 1. A total of one hour is allotted for oral argument on Question 2. The parties are limited to filing briefs on the merits and presenting oral argument on the questions presented in their respective petitions. The briefs of petitioners are to be filed on or before 2 p.m., Friday, February 27, 2015. The briefs of respondents are to be filed on or before 2 p.m., Friday, March 27, 2015. The reply briefs are to be filed on or before 2 p.m., Friday, April 17, 2015. VIDED



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   

~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  

~~Phone~~~

Attorneys for Petitioner:

Daniel J. Canon

Clay Daniel Walton Adams, PLC

(502) 561-2005 x216

    Counsel of Record

101 Meidinger Tower

462 South 4th Street

Louisville, KY  40202

dan@justiceky.com

Party name: Gregory Bourke, et al.

Attorneys for Respondents:

Leigh Gross Latherow

Vanantwerp Monge Jones Edwards & McCann, LLP

(606)-329-2929

    Counsel of Record

1544 Winchester Avenue, Fifth Floor

P.O.Box1111

Ashland, KY  41101

llatherow@vmje.com

Party name: Steve Beshear, Governor of Kentucky

Other:

Gene C. Schaerr

Law Offices of Gene C. Schaerr

(202) 361-1061

332 Constitution Avenue NE

Washington, DC  20002

gschaerr@gmail.com

Party name: Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter

 

Gene Clayton Schaerr

332 Constitution Avenue NE

(202)-361-1061

Washington, DC  20002

gschaerr@gmail.com

Party name: 76 Scholars of Marriage

 

Jeffrey S. Trachtman

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP

(212) 715-9100

1177 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY  10036

jtrachtman@kramerlevin.com

Party name: Colage, Equality Federation, et al.

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