Legal Opinion
Laura Toms and Ira Chaiffetz v. Bob Taft Reginald J. Wilkinson Anthony J. Brigano Lawrence Belskis Mark Clark
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 31, 2003No. 01-4035PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGibbons, J., joined by Polster, D. J.,
GILMAN, J. (pp. 530-534), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
OPINION
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants Laura Toms and Ira Chaiffetz, a prisoner, sought to marry, but were unable to obtain a marriage license because Chaiffetz’s incarceration made it impossible for him to comply with an Ohio statute requiring both applicants for a marriage license to appear personally before the probate court. Toms and Chaiffetz sued various state officials under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging a violation of their constitutional right to marry and seeking injunctive…
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