Legal Opinion
Opinion No. (1996)
Nebraska Attorney General Reports
Decided March 25, 1996Published
1Opinion of the Court
REQUESTED BY: Senator Jim Jones District 43 You have requested the opinion of this office as to the validity in Nebraska of same-sex marriages contracted in another state. Specifically, you have asked whether Nebraska is required to recognize a same-sex marriage contracted in the State of Hawaii, and whether Nebraska would be required to honor a same-sex marriage license from Hawaii if legislation was adopted in Nebraska prohibiting recognition of same-sex marriages, either before or after such marriages were legalized in Hawaii.
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2Cases cited21 opinions
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Maynard v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Alaska Packers Assn. v. Industrial Accident Comm'n of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Sun Oil Co. v. WortmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Baehr v. LewinHawaii Supreme Court · 1993
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