Baker v. Nelson
| Decision Date | 10 October 1972 |
| Docket Number | 71-1027. |
| Parties | BAKER ET AL. v. NELSON. |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Appeal from Sup. Ct. Minn. dismissed for want of substantial federal question.
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Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Org.
...and longstanding precedents. See, e.g., Obergefell v. Hodges , 576 U.S. 644, 135 S.Ct. 2584, 192 L.Ed.2d 609 (2015) (overruling Baker v. Nelson ); Brown v. Board of Education , 347 U.S. 483, 74 S.Ct. 686, 98 L.Ed. 873 (1954) (overruling Plessy v. Ferguson ); West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish ......
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Baehr v. Lewin
...inapposite to the appellant couples' claim. In Baker v. Nelson, 291 Minn. 310, 191 N.W.2d 185 (1971), appeal dismissed, 409 U.S. 810, 93 S.Ct. 37, 34 L.Ed.2d 65 (1972), the questions for decision were whether a marriage of two persons of the same sex was authorized by state statutes and, if......
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Rutgers Council of AAUP Chapters v. Rutgers, The State University
...v. Hallahan, 501 S.W.2d 588 (Ky.Ct.App.1973); Baker v. Nelson, 291 Minn. 310, 191 N.W.2d 185 (Sup.Ct.1971), app. dism. 409 U.S. 810, 93 S.Ct. 37, 34 L.Ed.2d 65 (1972). There is not the slightest doubt that New Jersey follows the overwhelming authority. The historic assumption in the applica......
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Hatcher v. Hatcher
...(1974); Baker v. Nelson, 291 Minn. 310, 191 N.W.2d 185 (1971), appeal dismissed for want of a substantial federal question, 409 U.S. 810, 93 S.Ct. 37, 34 L.Ed.2d 65; Anonymous v. Anonymous, 67 Misc.2d 982, 325 N.Y.S.2d 499 (1971); Jones v. Hallahan, 501 S.W.2d 588, 63 A.L.R.3d 1195 (Ky.App.......
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Federal Court Rules That Virginia's Laws Barring Same-Sex Marriage Are Unconstitutional
...in as an Intervenor-Defendant to replace the State Registrar. 2 Baker v. Nelson, 191 N.W.2d 185, 187 (Minn. 1971), appeal dismissed, 409 U.S. 810 (1972). The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your s......
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Marriage facts.
...appellate court decisions are: Minnesota: Baker v. Nelson, 191 N.W.2d 185 (Minn. 1971), appeal dismissed for want of a federal question, 409 U.S. 810 (1972); Kentucky: Jones v. Hallahan, 501 S.W.2d 588 (Ky. Ct. App. 1973); Washington: Singer v. Hara, 522 P.2d 1187 (Wash. Ct. App. 1974), rev......
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The central mistake of sex discrimination law: the disaggregation of sex from gender.
...the respondent is or is not a woman." Corbett, 1971 P. at 106. (162) See Baker v. Nelson, 191 N.W.2d 185 (Minn. 1971), appeal dismissed, 409 U.S. 810 (1972). (163) M.T. v. J.T., 355 A.2d 204, 208 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1976). (164) See, e.g., id. at 207-08 ("We accept--and it is not dis......
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THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF CHICKEN STEALING: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND THE PATH TO POLYGAMY.
...Baker, appealed the holding to the U.S. Supreme Court, which rejected it for lack of a substantial federal question. See Baker v. Nelson, 409 U.S. 810 (1972). The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, in deciding DeBoer, determined that because the U.S. Supreme Court had neither overruled Baker, ......
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REPUGNANT PRECEDENTS AND THE COURT OF HISTORY.
...Narrowing Supreme Court Precedent from Below, 104 GEO. L.J. 921, 968-71 (2016) (analyzing lower courts' circumvention of Baker v. Nelson, 409 U.S. 810 (1972) (mem.), overruled by Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015), which summarily affirmed a state court's refusal to recognize a const......
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