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Strange v. Searcy

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 9, 2015No. 14A840Relating-toCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The application for stay presented to Justice THOMAS and by him referred to the Court is denied.

2DissentJustice Thomas, joined by Justice SCALIAjoins

The Attorney General of Alabama asked us to stay a federal injunction preventing him from enforcing several provisions of Alabama law defining marriage as a legal union of one man and one woman pending our consideration of Obergefell v. Hodges, No. 14-556; Tanco v. Haslam, No. 14-562; DeBoer v. Snyder, No. 14-571; and Bourke v. Beshear, No. 14-574. Those cases are scheduled to be argued this Term and present the same constitutional question at issue here: Whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires…

3Cases cited11 opinions

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  2. Maryland v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  3. NEW MOTOR VEHICLE BOARD OF CALIFORNIA v. ORRIN W. FOX CO. Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Herbert v. KitchenSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
  5. San Diegans for the Mt. Soledad National War Memorial v. PaulsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006

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  3. Waters v. RickettsDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 2015
  4. Ex parte DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 2015
  5. Holloway v. City of Virginia Beach, VirginiaDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2021

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