Legal Opinion
Love v. Beshear
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided July 1, 2014No. Civil Action No. 3:13-CV-750-HPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Senior District Judge.
Two same-sex couples who wish to marry in Kentucky have challenged Kentucky’s constitutional and statutory provisions that prohibit them from doing so. See KY. Const. § 233A; KY.Rev.Stat. Ann. §§ 402.005, .020(1)(d) (West 2014).1 On February 12, 2014, this Court held that, insofar as these provisions denied state recognition to same-sex couples who were validly married outside Kentucky, they violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. See Bourke v. Beshear,…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by22 opinions
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