IN RE CONDE VIDAL

No. 16-1313.

818 F.3d 765 (2016)

In re Ada M. CONDE VIDAL; Maritza López-Avilés; Iris Delia Rivera-Rivera; José A. Torruellas-Iglesias; Thomas J. Robinson; Zulma Oliveras-Vega; Yolanda Arroyo-Pizarro; Johanne Vélez-García; Faviola Meléndez-Rodríguez; Puerto Rico Para Tod@s; Ivonne Álvarez-Vélez, Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

April 7, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Omar González-Pagán , Hayley Gorenberg , Karen Loewy and Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Felicia H. Ellsworth , Mark C. Fleming , Steven J. Horn , Alan E. Schoenfeld , Adriel I. Cepeda Derieux , Paul R.Q. Wolfson , Robbie Manhas, and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP, Gary W. Kubek , Harriet M. Antczak , Jing Kany , Ryan M. Kusmin , and Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP, Celina Romany-Siaca and Celina Romany Law Offices, for Petitioners Maritza López-Avilés, Iris D. Rivera-Rivera; José A. Torruellas-Iglesias, Thomas J. Robinson; Zulma Oliveras-Vega, Yolanda Arroyo-Pizarro; Johanne Vélez-García, Faviola Meléndez-Rodríguez; and Puerto Rico Para Tod@s.

Ada M. Conde-Vidal and Conde Attorney at Law, PSC, for Petitioner Ivonne Álvarez-Vélez.

José L. Nieto and Nieto Law Offices for Petitioner Ada M. Conde-Vidal.

Margarita Mercado-Echegaray , Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, for Respondents Alejandro J. García-Padilla, Dr. Ríus-Armendáriz, Wanda Llovet-Díaz, and Juan C. Zaragoza-Gómez.

Before TORRUELLA, THOMPSON and KAYATTA, Circuit Judges.


A group of individuals and advocacy groups ("Petitioners") challenge the constitutionality of Article 68 of the Civil Code of Puerto Rico, P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 31, § 221, and other laws of the Commonwealth that prohibit same-sex couples from marrying. During the pendency of a prior appeal from the dismissal of Petitioners' claims, the United...

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