CAMPAIGN FOR SOUTHERN EQUALITY v. BRYANT

No. 14-60837.

791 F.3d 625 (2015)

CAMPAIGN FOR SOUTHERN EQUALITY; Rebecca Bickett; Andrea Sanders; Jocelyn Pritchett; Carla Webb, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Phil BRYANT, in his Official Capacity as Governor of the State of Mississippi; Jim Hood, in his Official Capacity as Mississippi Attorney General, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 1, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberta Ann Kaplan (argued), Andrew James Ehrlich , Jacob Harris Hupart , Jaren Elizabeth Janghorbani , Joshua David Kaye , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, L.L.P., New York, N.Y., Dale Allen Carpenter , University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, MN, Robert Bruce McDuff, Esq. , Jackson, MS, Diane Esther Walton, Esq. , Walton Law Office, Asheville, NC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Justin Lee Matheny, Esq. (argued), Paul Eldrifge Barnes, Esq. , Office of the Attorney General for the state of Mississippi, Drew Landon Snyder , Office of the Governor for the State of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellants.

Russell Latino, III, Esq. , Ridgeland, MS, Gene C. Schaerr , Washington, DC, Benjamin Gross Shatz , Los Angeles, CA, for Amicus Curiae.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.


The plaintiffs are two same-sex couples and an advocacy group that works to promote the interests of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons. The couples seek to marry in Mississippi or to have their marriage in another state recognized in Mississippi. The plaintiffs sued the state defendants pursuant to 42...

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