CAMPAIGN FOR SOUTHERN EQUALITY v. MS DHS

CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:15cv578-DPJ-FKB.

175 F.Supp.3d 691 (2016)

CAMPAIGN FOR SOUTHERN EQUALITY, et al., Plaintiffs v. MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, et al., Defendants

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Northern Division.

Signed March 31, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexia D. Koritz , PHV, Andrew J. Ehrlich , PHV, Jacob H. Hupart , PHV, Joshua D. Kaye, PRY, Roberta A. Kaplan , PHV, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP, New York, NY, Dianne Herman Ellis , Ellis Law Firm, PLLC, Ocean Springs, MS, Jacob W. Howard , Robert B. McDuff , Sibyl C. Byrd , McDuff & Byrd, Jackson, MS, Meghann K. Burke , PHV, Brazil & Burke, PA, Asheville, NC, for Plaintiffs.

Tommy D. Goodwin , Justin L. Matheny , Douglas T. Miracle , Mississippi Attorney General's Office, Jackson, MS, for Defendants.


ORDER

Plaintiffs seek a declaration that Mississippi Code section 93-17-3(5) — which prohibits adoption by married gay couples — violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the United States Constitution. They named as defendants the Mississippi Department of...

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