Legal Opinion
Goodridge v. Department of Public Health
Massachusetts Superior Court
Decided May 7, 2002No. 20011647APublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtConnolly, J.
The plaintiffs, Hilary Goodridge and Julie Goodridge, David Wilson and Robert Compton, Michael Horgan and Edward Balmelli, Maureen Brodoff and Ellen Wade, Gary Chalmers and Richard Linnell, Heidi Norton and Gina Smith and Gloria Bailey and Linda Davies (collectively, “the plaintiffs”), are seven same-sex couples who have applied for, and been denied, a marriage license. The plaintiffs filed their complaint in April 2001 seeking a declaration that their exclusion from marriage violates the present statutory scheme, the exercise of the fundamental right to marry the partner of their choice, the…
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