Legal Opinion
Geiger v. Kitzhaber
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided May 19, 2014No. Case Nos. 6:13-cv-01834-MC, 6:13-cv-02256-MCPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McSHANE, District Judge:
The plaintiffs include four Oregon couples seeking marriage in Multnomah County. Although they meet the legal requirements of civil marriage in all other respects, their requests, for marriage licenses have been or would be denied because each couple is of the same gender. I am asked to consider whether the state’s constitutional and statutory provisions (“marriage laws”) that limit civil marriage to “one man and one woman” violate the *1133United States Constitution.1 Because Oregon’s marriage laws discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation without a rational…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Turner v. SafleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Loving v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Nordlinger v. HahnSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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- Wolf v. WalkerDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2014
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