Legal Opinion
Virginia Wolf v. Scott Walker
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 4, 2014No. 14-2386, 14-2387, 14-2388, 14-2526PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Indiana and Wisconsin are among the shrinking majority of states that do not recognize the validity of same-sex marriages, whether contracted in these states or in states (or foreign countries) where they are lawful. The states have appealed from district court decisions invalidating the states’ laws that ordain such refusal.
Formally these cases are about discrimination against the small homosexual minority in the United States. But at a deeper level, as we shall see, they are about the welfare of American children. The argument that the states press hardest in defense…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Village of Willowbrook v. OlechSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Federal Communications Commission v. Beach Communications, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Loving v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Regents of the University of California v. BakkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by69 opinions
- Obergefell v. HodgesSupreme Court of the United States · 2015
- Syed Hassan v. City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2015
- Latta v. OtterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
- Hughes v. FarrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
- Doe v. HolcombCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018
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