ELANE PHOTOGRAPHY, LLC v. WILLOCK

No. 30,203.

284 P.3d 428 (2012)

2012-NMCA-086

ELANE PHOTOGRAPHY, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Vanessa WILLOCK, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

May 31, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Becht Law Firm, Paul Becht , Albuquerque, NM, Jordan W. Lorence , Washington, D.C., James A. Campbell , Scottsdale, AZ, for Appellant.

Tobias Barrington Wolff , Philadelphia, PA, Lopez & Sakura, LLP, Julie Sakura , Sarah Steadman , Santa Fe, NM, for Appellee.


OPINION

GARCIA, Judge.

{1} This appeal arose from the refusal of Elane Photography, LLC (Elane Photography), to photograph the commitment ceremony of Vanessa Willock (Willock) and her same-sex partner (Partner). Elane Photography denied Willock's request to photograph the ceremony based upon its policy of refusing to photograph images that convey the message that marriage can be defined to include combinations of people other than the union...

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