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· 9/4/2014

Virginia Wolf v. Scott Walker

Citations

  • 766 F.3d 648
  • 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 17294
  • 2014 WL 4359059

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  • holding that the prohibition on same-sex marriage is irrational because the States' asserted interest in procreation “is so full of holes that it cannot be taken seriously.”
  • “Although even a decision without opinion is on the merits and so binds lower courts, the Supreme Court carved an exception to this principle of judicial hierarchy . . . for ‘when doctrinal developments indicate otherwise.’”

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Judges: Posner, Williams, Hamilton

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