Legal Opinion
Bronson v. Swensen
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 29, 2007No. 05-4161PublishedCited by 476 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-Appellants J. Bronson, G. Cook, and D. Cook (“plaintiffs”) subscribe to the religious doctrine of polygamy. G. Cook is married to D. Cook. G. Cook and J. Bronson filed an application for a marriage license, and Defendant-Appellee Sherrie Swensen (“Swensen”), the Clerk for Salt Lake County, Utah, refused to issue the marriage license. Plaintiffs subsequently brought a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Swen-sen’s refusal to issue the marriage license violated their associational, substantive due process, and free exercise rights under the…
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