HERNANDEZ v. ROBLES

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York City (Leonard Koerner, Marilyn Richter and Ronald E. Sternberg of counsel), for appellant.

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, New York City (Susan L. Sommer, David S. Buckel and Alphonso David of counsel), and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York City (Jeffrey S. Trachtman and Norman C. Simon of counsel), for respondents.

Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna LLP, Albany (Michael Whiteman and Heather D. Diddel of counsel); Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC (William M. Hohengarten and Paul M. Smith of counsel); American Psychological Association, Washington, DC (Nathalie F.P. Gilfoyle of counsel); and National Association of Social Workers, Washington, DC (Carolyn I. Polowy and Sherri Morgan of counsel), for American Psychological Association and others, amici curiae.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York City (Joseph F. Tringali, Robert J. Pfister and Paul A. Saso of counsel), for Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund and others, amici curiae.

Jay Weiser, New York City (Kate Webber, Robert H. Cohen, Kristin Bebelaar and Alvan L. Bobrow of counsel), for The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Bruce J. Wagner, Albany, for American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers-New York Chapter; William D. Frumkin, New York City, for National Employment Lawyers Association/New York; Richard M. Wallace, Ithaca, for Tompkins County Bar Association; and Tara Rice, New York City, for The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Law Association of Greater New York, amici curiae.

Liberty Counsel, Longwood, Florida (Rena M. Lindevaldsen and Mathew D. Staver of counsel), and American Center for Law & Justice, New Milford, Connecticut (Vincent P. McCarthy and Kristina J. Wenberg of counsel), for Ruben Diaz and others, amici curiae.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York City (Gary A. Bornstein of counsel), and Empire State Pride Agenda, Albany (Ross D. Levi of counsel), for Empire State Pride Agenda and others, amici curiae.

Alliance Defense Fund, Scottsdale, Arizona (Byron Babione, Benjamin W. Bull, Glen Lavy, Randall Wenger and Dale Schowengerdt of counsel), for Family Research Counsel, amicus curiae.

Norman L. Reimer, New York City (Ivan J. Dominguez, Kathryn Shreeves and Jean M. Swieca of counsel), for New York County Lawyers' Association; H. Alexander Robinson, Washington, DC, for National Black Justice Coalition; and Nadine C. Johnson, New York City (Cornett L. Lewers of counsel), for Metropolitan Black Bar Association, amici curiae.

Richard E. Barnes, Albany, and Paul Benjamin Linton, Northbrook Illinois, for New York State Catholic Conference, amicus curiae.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York City (Kristin D. Kiehn, Eliza M. Sporn and Jennifer E. Spain of counsel), for Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc., and others, amici curiae.

Suzanne B. Goldberg, New York City; Arnold & Porter LLP, New York City (Robert C. Mason and Dorothy N. Giobbe of counsel); and Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC (Helene B. Madonick, Jennifer S. Brannan, Leslie M. Hill and Lisa Adelson of counsel), for Professors of History and Family Law, amici curiae.

Marriage Law Foundation, Provo, Utah (William C. Duncan and Monte N. Stewart of counsel), and Adam Anderson, New York City, for United Families International, amicus curiae.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, New York City (Martin Klotz, Yuriko Tada and Suzanne C. Hess of counsel), for Women's Bar Association of the State of New York and others, amici curiae.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, New York City (Bonnie Steingart, Jonathan F. Lewis, Jennifer L. Colyer, Edward J. Jacobs and Tico A. Almeida of counsel), for Religious Organizations and others, amici curiae.

MARLOW and SWEENY, JJ., concur with WILLIAMS, J.; CATTERSON, J., concurs in a separate opinion; SAXE, J.P., dissents in a separate opinion.