Legal Opinion
Baker v. Nelson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided October 15, 1971No. 43009PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Peterson, Justice.
The questions for decision are whether a marriage of two persons of the same sex is authorized by state statutes and, if not, whether state authorization is constitutionally compelled.
Petitioners, Richard John Baker and James Michael McConnell, both adult male persons, made application to respondent, Gerald R. Nelson, clerk of Hennepin County District Court, for a marriage license, pursuant to Minn. St. 517.08. Respondent declined to issue the license on the sole ground that petitioners were of the same sex, it being undisputed that there were otherwise no statutory…
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