Landree v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that prohibiting same-sex marriages “does not stop [gay men and lesbian women] from forming families and raising children. Nor does prohibiting same-sex marriage increase the number of heterosexual marriages or the number of children raised by heterosexual parents.”
• “Nor does prohibiting same-sex marriage increase the number of heterosexual marriages or the number of children raised by heterosexual parents.”
• “The prerequisites for obtaining a marriage license under Michigan law do not include the ability to have children....”
• “The prerequisites for obtaining a marriage license under Michigan law do not include ... a requirement to raise [children] in any particular family structure, or the prospect of achieving certain ‘outcomes’ for children.”
• making factual findings and reaching the same conclusion
• making factual findings and reaching the same conclusion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).