Long-Wiggins v. Florida

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that “[w]hen Loving and its progeny used the word marriage, they did not redefine the term but accepted its traditional meaning”
• observing that “assessing the motives of all voters in a statewide initiative strains judicial competence” due to the large, diverse nature of the electorate, and different reasons for supporting bans on same-sex marriage
• “We cannot deny the lamentable reality that gay individuals have experienced prejudice in this country, sometimes at the hands of public officials, sometimes at the hands of fellow citizens.”
• examining Baker v. Nelson, 409 U.S. 810 (1972)
• Baµer is still binding precedent
• Baker is still binding precedent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).