GODFREY v. SPANO

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alliance Defense Fund, Scottsdale, Arizona (Brian W. Raum, Benjamin W. Bull, of the Arizona bar, admitted pro hac vice, and James A. Campbell, of the Arizona bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), and Ruta & Soulios, LLP, New York City (Joseph A. Ruta of counsel), for appellants in the first above-entitled action.

Alliance Defense Fund, Scottsdale, Arizona (Brian W. Raum, Benjamin W. Bull, of the Arizona bar, admitted pro hac vice, and James A. Campbell, of the Arizona bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel), and Cutler, Trainor & Cutler, LLP, Malta (James P. Trainor of counsel), for appellants in the second above-entitled action.

Charlene M. Indelicato, County Attorney, White Plains (Mary Lynn Nicolas-Brewster and Stacey Dolgin-Kmetz of counsel), for Andrew J. Spano, respondent in the first above-entitled action.

Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General, New York City (Sasha Samberg-Champion, Barbara D. Underwood and Benjamin N. Gutman of counsel), for intervenor-respondent in the first above-entitled action and New York State Department of Civil Service and another, respondents in the second above-entitled action.

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., New York City (Susan L. Sommer of counsel), and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP (Jeffrey S. Trachtman, Joshua Glick, Michael B. Eisenkraft and Jason M. Moff of counsel), for Michael Sabatino and others, respondents in the first and second above-entitled actions.

Stephen J. Acquario, General Counsel, New York State Association of Counties, Albany (Robert W. Gibbon of counsel), for New York State Association of Counties, amicus curiae in the first above-entitled action.

Frederick C. Veit, Briarcliff Manor, for New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, amicus curiae in the first above-entitled action.

Richard E. Barnes, Albany, Thomas More Society, Northbrook, Illinois (Paul Benjamin Linton of counsel), and Thomas More Society, Chicago, Illinois (Thomas Brejcha of counsel), for New York State Catholic Conference, amicus curiae in the second above-entitled action.

Law Offices of Robert W. Dapelo, P.C., Patchogue (Robert W. Dapelo of counsel), and Marriage Law Foundation, Lehi, Utah (William C. Duncan of counsel), for Family Watch International, amicus curiae in the second above-entitled action.

Proskauer Rose LLP, New York City (Peter J.W. Sherwin and Kenneth E. Aldous of counsel), and Michael E. Getnick, Albany, for New York State Bar Association, amicus curiae in the second above-entitled action.

James R. Sandner, Latham, Elizabeth R. Schuster, Wendy M. Star and Shawn T. Kelly for New York State United Teachers, amicus curiae in the first and second above-entitled actions.

Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York City (Susan Paulson and Leonard Koerner of counsel), for City of New York, amicus curiae in the first and second above-entitled actions.

McDermott Will & Emery LLP, New York City (Lisa A. Linsky, Kathryn C. Goyer and Rachel Hundley of counsel), and Carmelyn Malalis for New York City Bar Association, amicus curiae in the first and second above-entitled actions.

Tobias Barrington Wolff, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Tobias Barrington Wolff and others, amici curiae in the first and second above-entitled actions.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York City (Roberta A. Kaplan of counsel), Arthur Eisenberg, Matthew Faiella and Rose Saxe for New York Civil Liberties Union and others, amici curiae in the first and second above-entitled actions.

Judges GRAFFEO, READ and SMITH concur with Judge PIGOTT; Judge CIPARICK concurs in result in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judge JONES concur.