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DOYLE v. GOODRIDGE

444 Mass. 1006 (2005)

C. JOSEPH DOYLE v. HILLARY GOODRIDGE & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

May 27, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Muise, of Michigan, & Chester Darling (Brian Fahling, of Mississippi, with them) for the plaintiff.

Michele E. Granda (Gary D. Buseck with her) for Hillary Goodridge & others.

John R. Hitt, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Public Health.

In Goodridge v. Department of Pub. Health, 440 Mass. 309 (2003), we declared "that barring an individual from the protections, benefits, and obligations of civil marriage solely because that person would marry a person of the same sex violates the Massachusetts Constitution." Id. at 344. We vacated a summary judgment that had been entered in the Superior Court for the defendants in that action, and remanded the case...

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