Legal Opinion
Cote-Whitacre v. Department of Public Health
Massachusetts Superior Court
Decided September 28, 2006No. 042656Published
1Opinion of the Court
Connolly, Thomas E., J.
This matter is currently before the court on order from the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts for a determination of whether same-sex marriage is prohibited in New York and Rhode Island. Cote-Whitacre v. Dep't of Pub. Health, 446 Mass. 350, 352 (2006) (rescript) (18 Mass. L. Rptr. 190). For the following reasons, this Court determines that same-sex marriage is prohibited in New York and is not prohibited in Rhode Island.
Background
The factual and procedural background is more fully set forth in Cote-Whitacre, 446 Mass. at 352-57 (Spina, J., concurring). In sum,…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of NorfolkSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Mabel A. King v. James F. Palmer, Director, D.C. Department of Corrections Mabel A. King v. James F. Palmer, Director, D.C. Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
- Goodridge v. Department of Public HealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Davidson v. HensenWashington Supreme Court · 1998
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