Brian Gill v. Rodney Van Nostrand

How courts have described this case

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

• acknowledging that the District of Columbia has “long recognized common -law marriages”
• naming evidence of durable cohabitation and the general reputation of the relationship among relatives and acquaintances as factors to weigh in a common-law marriage analysis
• listing elements of common law marriage, with the “general reputation regarding the parties’ relationship” providing mere evidence of those elements
• “We now expressly recognize, as the trial court did and as Obergefell [and other authorities] require, that a same-sex couple may enter into common-law marriage in the District of Columbia and that this rule applies retroactively.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In re Marriage of LaFleur & Pyfer
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2021-01-11· cited 931×
• In re Marriage of Hogsett & Neale
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2021-01-11· cited 510×
• In re the Marriage of Edi L. HOGSETT v. Marcia E. NEALE
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2021-01-11· cited 342×
• In re the Marriage of Dean LAFLEUR v. Timothy PYFER
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2021-01-11· cited 337×
• Swicegood v. Thompson
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2020-07-01
• In re Jenkins Jenkins
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2023-03-09
• Yeh v. Hnath
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2023-05-25
• Cleary v. Cleary
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2024-07-18
• In re Estate of Martin; McCray
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2024-12-19
• Woodland v. Kijakazi
  District of Columbia· 2025-10-14
• In re: Estate of Duraiswamy
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2026-04-03

Cites

29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Zablocki v. Redhail
  Supreme Court· 1978-01-18· cited 1,224×
• Obergefell v. Hodges
  Supreme Court· 2015-06-26· cited 955×
• Rhonda Ezell v. City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-07-06· cited 494×
• Bostic v. Schaefer
  Fourth Circuit· 2014-07-28· cited 192×
• Strauss v. Horton
  California Supreme Court· 2009-06-17· cited 65×
• Coleman v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2008-05-22· cited 45×
• IN RE TA.L. IN RE A.L. IN PETITION OF R.W. & A.W. IN RE PETITION OF E.A.A.H. AND T.L.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2016-12-08· cited 31×
• In Re: Estate of Carter, S., Appeal of: Hunter, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-04-17· cited 30×
• Coates v. Watts
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1993-03-16· cited 24×
• McCoy v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1969-10-03· cited 20×
• Anderson v. Anderson
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1956-01-13· cited 19×
• Jackson v. District of Columbia Board of Elections & Ethics
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2010-07-15· cited 19×
• Herrington v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2010-11-04· cited 19×
• Johnson v. Young
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1977-04-12· cited 18×
• Bansda v. Wheeler
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2010-05-13· cited 17×
• Blecher Estate
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1955-03-14· cited 17×
• East v. East
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1988-02-05· cited 17×
• National Union Fire Insurance Co. v. Britton
  District of Columbia· 1960-09-26· cited 13×
• Mayo v. Ford
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1962-09-06· cited 11×
• Mesa v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2005-05-12· cited 10×