Diaz v. Brewer

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that unlike their same- 26 sex counterparts, opposite-sex couples who “wish[ed] to retain their current family health 27 benefits could alter their status—marry—to do so”
• noting that \a bare...desire to harm a politically unpopular group [is] not [a] legitimate state interest\ (citation and quotation omitted)
• rejecting Arizona’s attempt to exclude same-sex partners from state-employee health-care benefits based on financial concerns because Arizona had “not provided any [supporting] evidence”
• noting evidence that the state spent a minimal amount on domestic partners’ benefits
• law 19 limiting benefits to married couples discriminated against same-sex couples, who legally could 20 not marry in Arizona, for no legitimate purpose
• cost concerns could not justify denying insurance 7 coverage to same-sex couples under rational basis review

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Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Latta v. Otter
  D. Idaho· 2014-05-13· cited 36×
• Golinski v. United States Office of Personnel Management
  N.D. California· 2012-02-22· cited 27×
• Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation & Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2013-10-29· cited 17×
• Jackson v. Abercrombie
  D. Hawaii· 2012-08-08· cited 16×
• Arizona Dream Act Coalition v. Brewer
  D. Arizona· 2013-05-16· cited 14×
• Bassett v. Snyder
  E.D. Michigan· 2013-06-28· cited 14×
• Ramos v. Nielsen
  N.D. California· 2018-08-06· cited 13×
• Donaldson v. State
  Montana Supreme Court· 2012-12-17· cited 13×
• Paul v. Didizian
  District of Columbia· 2011-10-19· cited 10×
• Puente Arizona v. Arpaio
  D. Arizona· 2015-01-05· cited 9×
• Dragovich v. United States Department of the Treasury
  N.D. California· 2012-05-24· cited 6×
• Diaz v. Brewer
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-04-03· cited 3×
• Dragovich v. United States Department of the Treasury
  N.D. California· 2012-01-26· cited 3×
• Celec v. Edinboro University
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2015-09-18· cited 2×
• Bassett v. Snyder
  E.D. Michigan· 2014-11-12· cited 1×
• Youth Justice Coalition v. City of Los Angeles
  C.D. California· 2017-09-07· cited 1×
• Paul v. Gov't of the D.C.
  D.C. Circuit· 2018-06-21· cited 1×
• Cooper-Harris v. United States
  C.D. California· 2013-08-29· cited 1×
• Donaldson v. State of Montana
  Montana Supreme Court· 2012-12-17
• Paul v. Government of the District of Columbia
  District of Columbia· 2018-06-21

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 2008-11-12· cited 11,986×
• City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-01· cited 7,112×
• Hebbe v. Pliler
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-07-29· cited 4,042×
• Eisenstadt v. Baird
  Supreme Court· 1972-03-22· cited 1,851×
• Lawrence v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 1,452×
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-25· cited 871×
• Stormans, Inc. v. Selecky
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-10-28· cited 752×
• Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1949-01-31· cited 673×
• Johnson v. Couturier
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-07-27· cited 384×
• Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Hardin
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-09-11· cited 75×
• Collins v. Brewer
  D. Arizona· 2010-07-23· cited 10×

Other cases named Diaz v. Brewer

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Diaz v. Brewer
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-04-03· cited 3×