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S.D. Ohio· 12/23/2013

Obergefell v. Wymyslo

Citations

  • 962 F. Supp. 2d 968
  • 2013 WL 6726688
  • 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 179550

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  • holding that Ohio’s constitutional and statutory ban on the recognition of same-sex marriages validly performed out-of-state was unconstitutional as applied to Ohio death certificates
  • finding that nonrecognition invokes “the right not to be deprived of one’s already-existing legal marriage and its attendant benefits and protections.”
  • sustaining a nonrecognition challenge where the plaintiffs sued the director of the state department of health to obtain a death certificate listing the couple as married
  • sustaining a non- -37- recognition challenge where the plaintiffs sued the director of the state department of health to obtain a death certificate listing the couple as married
  • sustaining a non- -37- recognition challenge where the plaintiffs sued the director of the state department of health to obtain a death certificate listing the couple as married
  • permanently enjoining as to plaintiffs enforcement of Ohio anti-recognition provisions on due process and equal protection grounds

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Judges: Black

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