Adams v. Howerton

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that it is beyond dispute that the state has a compelling interest in providing “status and stability to the environment in which children are raise”
• recognizing government inquiry about couples’ procreation plans or requiring sterility test before issuing marriage licenses would “raise serious constitutional questions.”
• observing that marriage historically has been defined as the union between persons of different sex
• finding Baker controlling in case where 13 same-sex spouse appealed denial of petition with INS to be classified as “immediate relative”
• rejecting the claim that homosexual unions should be recognized as marriages for immigration purposes

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).