Albano v. Attorney General

How courts have described this case

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

• common purpose found where constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage would result in uniform application to several different statutes
• constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage would have uniform application to many different statutes
• petition to amend the Constitution to limit marriage to one man and one woman “does not strip the court of its basic power to affirm and annul marriages”; rather, it “merely changes the underlying definition of a valid marriage”

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Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Strauss v. Horton
  California Supreme Court· 2009-06-17· cited 65×
• Largess v. Supreme Judicial Court for the Massachusetts
  First Circuit· 2004-06-29· cited 30×
• Abdow v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-06-24· cited 18×
• Carney v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-07-13· cited 14×
• Hensley v. Attorney General Allen v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-07-06· cited 12×
• Gray v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-07-01· cited 8×
• Schulman v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-07-10· cited 8×
• Hennefeld v. Township of Montclair
  New Jersey Tax Court· 2005-03-15· cited 8×
• Oberlies v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-06-18· cited 5×
• Anderson v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-06-18· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Nsubuga
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-12-29
• El Koussa v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2024-06-27
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2026-04-27
• Pineau v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2026-06-12
• Cella v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2026-06-23

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Massachusetts Teachers Ass'n v. Secretary of the Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-08-04· cited 82×
• Horton v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1929-12-31· cited 74×
• Kagan v. United Vacuum Appliance Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-06-16· cited 40×
• Mazzone v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-10-02· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Yee
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-04-05· cited 25×
• Cohen v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1968-05-31· cited 23×
• Custody of a Minor (No. 1)
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-03-29· cited 18×
• Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-07-01· cited 10×