Perry v. Schwarzenegger

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that “by every available metric, opposite-sex couples are not better than their same-sex counterparts; instead, as partners, parents and citizens, opposite-sex couples and same-sex couples are equal”
• finding that “by every available metric, opposite-sex couples are not better than their same-sex counterparts, instead, as partners, parents and citizens, opposite-sex couples and same-sex couples are equal.”
• holding unconstitutional California’s voter-enacted amendment to the California Constitution providing that marriage between only a man and a woman was valid or recognized in the state
• holding sexual orientation is fundamental to a person’s identity
• “Permitting same-sex couples to marry will not affect the number of opposite-sex couples who marry, divorce, cohabit, have children outside of marriage or otherwise affect the stability of opposite-sex marriages.”
• “No credible evidence supports a finding that an individual may, through conscious decision, therapeutic intervention or any other method, change his or her sexual orientation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Hollingsworth v. Perry
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-26· cited 967×
• Obergefell v. Hodges
  Supreme Court· 2015-06-26· cited 955×
• United States v. Windsor
  Supreme Court· 2013-06-26· cited 647×
• Smithkline Beecham Corporation v. Abbott Laboratories
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-01-21· cited 71×
• protectmarriage.com - Yes on 8 v. Debra Bowen
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-05-20· cited 60×
• De Leon v. Perry
  W.D. Texas· 2014-02-26· cited 60×
• Perry v. Brown
  Ninth Circuit· 2012-02-07· cited 56×
• Perry v. Brown
  California Supreme Court· 2011-11-17· cited 43×
• Kitchen v. Herbert
  D. Utah· 2013-12-20· cited 42×
• Bishop v. United States ex rel. Holder
  N.D. Oklahoma· 2014-01-14· cited 42×
• Whitewood v. Wolf
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2014-05-20· cited 41×
• In Re Marriage of JB and HB
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2010-12-08· cited 36×
• Latta v. Otter
  D. Idaho· 2014-05-13· cited 36×
• Deboer v. Snyder
  E.D. Michigan· 2014-03-21· cited 36×
• Wolf v. Walker
  W.D. Wisconsin· 2014-06-06· cited 34×
• Obergefell v. Wymyslo
  S.D. Ohio· 2013-12-23· cited 33×
• Geiger v. Kitzhaber
  D. Oregon· 2014-05-19· cited 30×
• Kristin Perry v. Dennis Hollingsworth
  Ninth Circuit· 2021-11-18· cited 27×
• Golinski v. United States Office of Personnel Management
  N.D. California· 2012-02-22· cited 27×
• Bourke v. Beshear
  W.D. Kentucky· 2014-02-12· cited 23×