HENDERSON v. BOX

No. 17-1141.

947 F.3d 482 (2020)

Ashlee and Ruby HENDERSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Kristina BOX, Indiana State Health Commissioner, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 17, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Celestino-Horseman , Attorney, Indianapolis, IN, Raymond L. Faust , Attorney, NORRIS CHOPLIN & SCHROEDER, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Megan L. Gehring , Richard Andrew Mann , Attorneys, Indianapolis, IN, William R. Groth , Attorney, FILLENWARTH, DENNERLINE, GROTH & TOWE, LLP, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Thomas M. Fisher , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

S. Patrick McKey , Attorney, GREENSFELDER, HEMKER & GALE, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Amici Curiae FAMILY EQUALITY COUNCIL, COLAGE.

Walter E. Dellinger , Attorney, O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS.

Eileen R. Ridley , Attorney, FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, San Francisco, CA, David B. Goroff , FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, Chicago, IL, for Amiens Curiae 49 PROFESSORS OF FAMILY LAW.

Before Flaum, Easterbrook, and Sykes, Circuit Judges.


The district court issued an injunction requiring Indiana to treat children born into female-female marriages as having two female parents, who under the injunction must be listed on the birth certificate. 209 F.Supp.3d 1059, 1079-80 (S.D. Ind. 2016). Because Indiana lists only two parents on a birth certificate, this...

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