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).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Obergefell v. Hodges
  Supreme Court· 2015-06-26· cited 955×
• Goodridge v. Department of Public Health
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-11-18· cited 186×
• Windsor v. United States
  Second Circuit· 2012-10-18· cited 139×
• Lockyer v. City and County of San Francisco
  California Supreme Court· 2004-08-12· cited 99×
• Andersen v. King County
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-07-26· cited 70×
• Adams v. Howerton
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-02-25· cited 36×
• Wolf v. Walker
  W.D. Wisconsin· 2014-06-06· cited 34×
• Wilson v. Ake
  M.D. Florida· 2005-01-19· cited 28×
• De Santo v. Barnsley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-11· cited 23×
• Langan v. St. Vincent's Hospital
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2005-10-11· cited 21×
• Smelt v. County of Orange
  C.D. California· 2005-06-16· cited 18×
• In Re Marriage Cases
  California Court of Appeal· 2006-10-05· cited 5×
• In re the Estate of Cooper
  New York Surrogate's Court· 1990-12-19· cited 5×
• Opinion No.
  Arkansas Attorney General Reports· 1995-04-26
• Desanto v. Barnsley
  Delaware County Court of Common Pleas· 1982-02-17

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Griswold v. Connecticut
  Supreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 4,329×
• Hicks v. Miranda
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-24· cited 1,202×
• Fiallo Ex Rel. Rodriguez v. Bell
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-26· cited 821×
• De Sylva v. Ballentine
  Supreme Court· 1956-06-11· cited 393×
• Reconstruction Finance Corporation v. Beaver County
  Supreme Court· 1946-05-13· cited 179×
• Baker v. Nelson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1971-10-15· cited 150×
• Singer v. Hara
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1974-05-20· cited 75×
• Jones v. Hallahan
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1973-11-09· cited 61×
• Anonymous v. Anonymous
  New York Supreme Court· 1971-08-06· cited 35×
• Gee Chee on v. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General of the United States of America
  Fifth Circuit· 1958-05-22· cited 17×
• Konstantinos Volianitis v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Ninth Circuit· 1965-11-05· cited 15×
• LEVINE
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 1969-07-01· cited 11×
• In Re Naturalization of Brodie
  D. Oregon· 1975-05-15· cited 4×