Legal Opinion
Whitewood v. Wolf
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 20, 2014No. 1:13-cv-1861PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN E. JONES III, District Judge.
Today, certain citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are not guaranteed the right to marry the person they love. Nor does Pennsylvania recognize the marriages of other couples who have wed elsewhere. Hoping to end this injustice, eleven courageous lesbian and gay couples, one widow, and two teenage children of one of the aforesaid couples have come together as plaintiffs and asked this Court to declare that all Pennsylvanians have the right to marry the person of their choice and consequently, that the Commonwealth’s laws to the…
2Cases cited62 opinions
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