Legal Opinion

Buck v. Gordon

District Court, W.D. Michigan

Decided September 26, 2019No. 1:19-cv-00286Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION MELISSA BUCK, et al., Plaintiffs, CASE NO. 1:19-CV-286 v. HON. ROBERT J. JONKER ROBERT GORDON, in his official Capacity as Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Defendants. __________________________________/ OPINION INTRODUCTION This case is not about whether same-sex couples can be great parents. They can. No one in the case contests that. To the contrary, St. Vincent has placed children for adoption with same-sex couples certified by the State. What this case is about is whether…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. University of Texas v. CamenischSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of HialeahSupreme Court of the United States · 1993

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