Robert P. LARGESS, Rep. Mark J. Carron, Rep. Emile J. Gofuen, Rep. Robert S. Hargraves, Rep. Peter J. Larkin, Rep. James R. Miceli, Rep. Philip Travis, Sen. Steven C. Panagiotakos, Rep. Christopher P. Asselin, Rep. Edward G. Connolly, Rep. John A. Lepper, Rep. Elizabeth A. Poirier, Plaintiffs,
v.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT FOR THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, Chief Justice Margaret Marshall, Justice Robert J. Cordy, Justice Judith A. Cowin, Justice John M. Greaney, Justice Roderick L. Ireland, Justice Martha B. Sosman, Justice Francis X. Spina, in their official capacities as Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Christine C. Ferguson, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Judy A. McCarthy, in her official capacity as City Registrar for the City of Boston, City and Town Clerks 1-350, Defendants.
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May 13, 2004.
May 13, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Rena M. Lindevaldsen, Liberty Counsel, Longwood, FL, Robert J. Muise, Thomas More Law Center, Ann Arbor, MI, Joel L. Oster, Liberty Counsel, Longwood, FL, Erik W. Stanley, Liberty Counsel, Longwood, FL, Mathew D. Staver, Liberty Counsel, Longwood, FL, Stephen Crampton, AFA Center for Law & Policy, Tupelo, MS, Chester Darling, Boston, MA, for Robert P. Largess, Plaintiffs.
Peter Sacks, Attorney General's Office, Boston, MA, for Chief Justice Margaret Marshall, Justice Francis X. Spina, Justice John M. Greaney, Justice Judith A. Cowin, Justice Martha B. Sosman, Justice Robert J. Cordy, Justice Roderick L. Ireland, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Supreme Judicial Court for the State of Massachusetts, Christine C. Ferguson, Defendants.
Mary L. Bonauto, Michele E. Granda, Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, Boston, MA, for David Wilson, Edward Balmelli, Ellen Wade, Gary Chalmers, Gina Smith, Gloria Bailey, Heidi Norton, Hillary Goodridge, Julie Goodridge, Linda Davies, Maureen Brodoff, Michael Horgan, Richard Linnell, Robert Compton, Movants.
Bennett H. Klein, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Boston, MA, for David Wilson, Edward Balmelli, Ellen Wade, Gary Chalmers, Gina Smith, Gloria Bailey, Heidi Norton, Hillary Goodridge, Julie Goodridge, Linda Davies, Maureen Brodoff, Michael Horgan, Richard Linnell, Robert Compton, Movants.
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.
MEMORANDUM
TAURO, District Judge.
This is a civil action challenging the validity of the decision in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health,1 a case in which Defendant Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ("Defendant SJC"): (1) declared that the Massachusetts ban on same-sex marriages was unconstitutional,2 (2) "construe[d the term] civil marriage to mean the voluntary union of two...
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