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BUCK v. GORDON

Case No. 1:19-CV-286.

429 F.Supp.3d 447 (2019)

Melissa BUCK, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Robert GORDON, in His Official Capacity as Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

Signed September 26, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 42 U.S.C. § 1983
Cause: 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Other Civil Rights
Nature of Suit: 440 Civil Rights: Other
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Coate , Mark Leonard Rienzi , Nicholas Robert Reaves , Lori Windham , The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, William R. Bloomfield , Catholic Diocese of Lansing, Lansing, MI, for Plaintiffs.

Anthony Joseph Sukkar , Elizabeth R. Husa Briggs , Joshua Sean Smith , Precious Synott Boone , Toni L. Harris , MI Dept of Attorney General (Health, Education & Family), Lansing, MI, Christopher Alan Bates , U.S. Department of Justice (Civil), Washington, DC, Jeanne Frances Long , U.S. Attorney, Grand Rapids, MI, for Defendants.

OPINION

INTRODUCTION

This case is not about whether same-sex couples can be great parents. They can. No one in the case contests that. To the contrary, St. Vincent has placed children for adoption with same-sex couples certified by the State.

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