Legal Opinion
Pidgeon v. Parker
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided August 28, 2014No. Civil Action No. H-13-3768PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LEE H. ROSENTHAL, District Judge.
In November 2013, Annise Parker, the Mayor of the City of Houston, directed the City’s Human Resources Department to make the City’s employment-benefits program available to same-sex spouses of City of Houston employees. The plaintiffs, Jack Pidgeon and Larry Hicks, who identify themselves as Houston residents and taxpayers, opposed this decision. On December 17, 2013, Pidgeon and Hicks sued Parker and the City of Houston in the Harris County, Texas family law court, seeking temporary and permanent injunctions preventing the defendants from…
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