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GARDEN STATE EQUALITY v. DOW

DOCKET NO. L-1729-11

79 A.3d 479 (2013)

433 N.J. Super. 347

GARDEN STATE EQUALITY; Daniel Weiss; John Grant; Marsha Shapiro; Louise Walpin; Maureen Kilian; Cindy Meneghin; Sarah Kilian Meneghin; Eric Bradshaw; Tevonda Bradshaw; Teverico Bradshaw; Karen Nicholson McFadden; Marcye Nicholson McFadden; Kasey Nicholson McFadden; Maya Nicholson McFadden; Thomas Davidson; Keith Heimann; Marie Heimann Davidson; and Grace Heimann Davidson, Plaintiffs, v. Paula DOW, in her official capacity as Attorney General of New Jersey; Jennifer Velez, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Human Services; and Mary E. O'Dowd, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Mercer County.

Decided October 10, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibbons, P.C. ( Lawrence S. Lustberg and Benjamin Yaster , Newark, on the brief), and Hayley J. Gorenberg ( Lambda Legal ) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, for plaintiffs.

John J. Hoffman , Acting Attorney General, attorney for defendants ( Jean P. Reilly , Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

JACOBSON, A.J.S.C.

INTRODUCTION

On September 27, 2013, this court issued an order granting plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment ("the order"). The order directs the State of New Jersey to permit same-sex couples, who otherwise satisfy the requirements to enter into a civil marriage, to marry as of October 21, 2013. A lengthy decision on motion for summary judgment ("the decision") accompanied the order, explaining why it was issued. Garden State...

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