An Internet Casebook on Sexual Orientation and the Law

Adar v. Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2011

Adoption of Charles B., Ohio Supreme Court, 1990

Adoption of Robert Paul P., New York Court of Appeals, 1984

Adoption of Swanson, Delaware Supreme Court, 1993

Adoption of Tammy, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1993

Allen v. State, Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, 1994

Angel Lace M. v. Terry M., Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1994

Appling v. Walker, Wisconsin Supreme Court, 2014

Baehr v. Lewin, Hawai’i Supreme Court, 1993

Baker v. State, Vermont Supreme Court, 1999

Baluyut v. Superior Court, California Court of Appeal, 1995

Baskin v. Bogan, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2014

Borquez v. Ozer, Colorado Court of Appeals, 1995

Boseman v. Jarrell, North Carolina Supreme Court, 2010

Bostock v. Clayton County, U.S. Supreme Court, 2020

Bottoms v. Bottoms, Virginia Supreme Court, 1995

Bowers v. Hardwick, U.S. Supreme Court, 1986

Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, U.S. Supreme Court, 2000

Braschi v. Stahl Associates Company, New York Court of Appeals, 1989

Brown v. Johnson, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1984

Chicoine v. Chicoine, South Dakota Supreme Court, 1992

Christensen v. State, Georgia Supreme Court, 1996

Christiansen v. Christiansen, Wyoming Supreme Court, 2011

City of Atlanta v. McKinney, Georgia Supreme Court, 1995

City of Atlanta v. Morgan, Georgia Supreme Court, 1997

City of Dallas v. England, Texas Court of Appeals, 1993

Collins v. Faith School District, South Dakota Supreme Court, 1998

Coon v. Joseph, California Court of Appeal, 1987

Curiale v. Reagan, California Court of Appeal, 1990

Curran v. Mount Diablo Council of the Boy Scouts of America, California Court of Appeal, 1983

Custody of H.S.H.-K., Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1995

deParrie v. City of Portland, Oregon Court of Appeals, 1995

Department of Human Services v. Howard, Supreme Court of Arkansas, 2006

De Santo v. Barnsley, Pennsylvania Superior Court, 1984

Dignity Twin Cities v. Newman Center and Chapel, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 1991

Dillon v. Frank, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1992

DiStefano v. DiStefano, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 1978

Dixon v. University of Toledo, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2012

Doe v. Burkland, Rhode Island Supreme Court, 2002

Doe v. Doe, Virginia Supreme Court, 1981

E.N.O. v. L.M.M., Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1999

Elane Photography, LLC v. Willock, New Mexico Supreme Court, 2013

Engel v. Worthington, California Court of Appeal, 1993

Estate of Reaves v. Owen, Mississippi Court of Appeals, 1999

Evans v. May, Texas Court of Appeals, 1996

Ex Parte D.W.W., Alabama Supreme Court, 1998

Ex Parte J.M.F., Alabama Supreme Court, 1998

Florida Board of Bar Examiners Re: N.R.S., Florida Supreme Court, 1981

Florida Department of Children and Families v. In re: Matter of Adoption of X.X.G. and N.R.G., Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District, 2010

Gajovski v. Gajovski, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1991

Gay Inmates of Shelby County Jail v. Barksdale, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1987

Gay Student Services v. Texas A&M University, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1984

Giancaspro v. Congleton, Michigan Court of Appeals, 2009

Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 2003

Greenwood v. Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1995

Guardianship of Kowalski, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 1986

Guardianship of Kowalski, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 1991

Hanke v. Safari Hair Adventure, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 1994

Hayes v. Smith, Colorado Court of Appeals, 1991

Hernandez-Montiel v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2000

High Tech Gays v. Defense Indus. Sec. Clearance Office, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1990

Hinman v. Department of Personnel Administration, California Court of Appeal, 1985

Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2017

Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, U.S. Supreme Court, 1995

In re Divorce of Naylor and Daly, Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, 2011

In re Marriage Cases, California Supreme Court, 2008

In the Matter of Brooke S.B. v Elizabeth A.C.C., New York Court of Appeals, 2016

In the Matter of the Marriage of J.B. and H.B., Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District, 2010

Ireland v. Davis, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1997

J.B.F. v. J.M.F., Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, 1997

Jacobson v. Jacobson, North Dakota Supreme Court, 1981

Joachim v. AT&T Information Systems, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1986

Jones v. Barlow, Utah Supreme Court, 2007

K.M. v. E.G., California Supreme Court, 2005

Keeton v. Anderson-Wiley, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2011

Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health, Connecticut Supreme Court, 2008

Knight v. Connecticut Department of Public Health, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2001

LaChapelle v. Mitten, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 2000

Lapides v. Trabbic, Maryland Court of Special Appeals, 2000

Lawrence v. Texas, U.S. Supreme Court, 2003

Levin v. Yeshiva University, New York Court of Appeals, 2001

Lloyd v. Grella, New York Court of Appeals, 1994

Lofton v. Secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2004

Logan v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Alabama Supreme Court, 1985

Loring v. BellSouth Advertising & Publishing Corporation, Georgia Court of Appeals, 1985

Marriage of Cabalquinto, Washington Supreme Court, 1983

Marriage of Kraft, Iowa Court of Appeals, 2000

Marriage of Weisbruch, Illinois Appellate Court, 1999

Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, 2012

Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, U.S. Supreme Court, 2018

Matter of Cooper, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 1993

Matter of Jacob, New York Court of Appeals, 1995

Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins, Court of Appeals of Virginia, 2006

Mitchell v. Moore, Pennsylvania Superior Court, 1999

Nabozny v. Podlesny, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1996

National Pride at Work, Inc. v. Governor of Michigan, Michigan Supreme Court, 2008

National Gay Task Force v. Board of Education of the City of Oklahoma City, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, 1984

Nemetz v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1981

North Coast Women's Care Medical Group, Inc. v. Superior Court, California Supreme Court, 2008

Obergefell v. Hodges, U.S. Supreme Court, 2015

Opinions of the Justices to the Senate, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 2004

Padula v. Webster, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1987

Patterson v. Hudson Area Schools, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 2009

Pavan v. Smith, U.S. Supreme Court, 2017

People v. Garcia, California Court of Appeal, 2000

People v. Uplinger, New York Court of Appeals, 1983

Perry v. Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2012

Peterson v. Hewlett-Packard Co., U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2004

Petition of C.M.A., Illinois Appellate Court, 1999

Piatt v. Piatt, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1998

Plaxico v. Michael, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1999

Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis v. City of Minneapolis, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 2000

Posik v. Layton, Florida District Court of Appeal, 1997

Potter v. LaSalle Court Sports & Health Club, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1986

Powell v. State, Georgia Supreme Court, 1998

Prowel v. Wise Business Forms, Inc., U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2009

R.E.G. v. L.M.G., Indiana Court of Appeals, 1991

Raum v. Restaurant Associates, Inc., New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 1998

Rolon v. Kulwitzky, California Court of Appeal, 1984

Romer v. Evans, U.S. Supreme Court, 1996

Ross v. Denver Department of Health and Hospitals, Colorado Court of Appeals, 1994

Rucks v. State, Florida District Court of Appeal, 1997

Rutgers Council of AAUP Chapters v. Rutgers, The State University, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, 1997

Seward v. Mentrup, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1993

Shahar v. Bowers, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1997

Simonton v. Runyon, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2000

Soroka v. Dayton Hudson Corporation, California Court of Appeal, 1991

State v. Carswell, Supreme Court of Ohio, 2007

State v. City of Madison, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, 1996

State v. Hadinger, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1991

State v. Limon, Kansas Supreme Court, 2005

State v. Lovely, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, 1982

State v. Pattno, Nebraska Supreme Court, 1998

State v. Thompson, Ohio Supreme Court, 2002

State ex rel. Human Services Department, New Mexico Court of Appeals, 1988

State of Ohio Metroparks v. Lasher, Ohio Court of Appeals, 1999

Steffan v. Perry, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1994

Stemler v. City of Florence, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1997

Sterling v. Borough of Minersville, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2000

Stroman v. Williams, South Carolina Court of Appeals, 1987

Tanner v. Oregon Health Sciences University, Oregon Court of Appeals, 1998

Thigpen v. Carpenter, Arkansas Court of Appeals, 1987

Thomas v. Thomas, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1996

Thomas S. v. Robin Y., New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 1994

Thomasson v. Perry, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1996

United States v. Windsor, U.S. Supreme Court, 2013

Van Ooteghem v. Gray, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1981

Vasquez v. Hawthorne, Washington Court of Appeals, 2000

Watkins v. U.S. Army, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1989

Weigand v. Houghton, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1999

Welfare of G.A.S., Minnesota Court of Appeals, 1998

Whorton v. Dillingham, California Court of Appeal, 1988

Woy v. Woy, Missouri Court of Appeals, 1987

Yonaty v. Mincolla, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 2012

United States Supreme Court

1986    Bowers v. Hardwick

1995    Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston

1996    Romer v. Evans

2000    Boy Scouts of America v. Dale

2003    Lawrence v. Texas

2013    United States v. Windsor

2015 Obergefell v. Hodges

2017    Pavan v. Smith

2018    Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

2020    Bostock v. Clayton County

United States Courts of Appeals

First Circuit

2012    Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services

Second Circuit

2000    Simonton v. Runyon

2001    Knight v. Connecticut Department of Public Health

Third Circuit

2000    Sterling v. Borough of Minersville

2009    Prowel v. Wise Business Forms, Inc.

Fourth Circuit

1981    Nemetz v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

1996    Thomasson v. Perry

Fifth Circuit

1981    Van Ooteghem v. Gray

1984    Gay Student Services v. Texas A&M University

1986    Joachim v. AT&T Information Systems

2011    Adar v. Smith

Sixth Circuit

1984    Brown v. Johnson

1987    Gay Inmates of Shelby County Jail v. Barksdale

1992    Dillon v. Frank

1997    Stemler v. City of Florence

2009    Patterson v. Hudson Area Schools

2012    Dixon v. University of Toledo

Seventh Circuit

1996    Nabozny v. Podlesny

2014    Baskin v. Bogan

2017    Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana

Ninth Circuit

1989    Watkins v. U.S. Army

1990    High Tech Gays v. Defense Indus. Sec. Clearance Office

2000    Hernandez-Montiel v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

2004    Peterson v. Hewlett-Packard Co.

2012    Perry v. Brown

Tenth Circuit

1984    National Gay Task Force v. Board of Education of the City of Oklahoma City

Eleventh Circuit

1997    Shahar v. Bowers

2004    Lofton v. Secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services

2011    Keeton v. Anderson-Wiley

District of Columbia Circuit

1987    Padula v. Webster

1994    Steffan v. Perry

Alabama

Court of Civil Appeals

1997    J.B.F. v. J.M.F.

Supreme Court

1985    Logan v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

1998    Ex Parte D.W.W.

Ex Parte J.M.F.

Arkansas

Court of Appeals

1987    Thigpen v. Carpenter

Supreme Court

2006    Department of Human Services v. Howard

California

Court of Appeal

1983    Curran v. Mount Diablo Council of the Boy Scouts of America

1984    Rolon v. Kulwitzky

1985    Hinman v. Department of Personnel Administration

1987    Coon v. Joseph

1988    Whorton v. Dillingham

1990    Curiale v. Reagan

1991    Soroka v. Dayton Hudson Corporation

1993    Engel v. Worthington

1995    Baluyut v. Superior Court

2000    People v. Garcia

Supreme Court

2005    K.M. v. E.G.

2008    In re Marriage Cases

2008    North Coast Women's Care Medical Group, Inc. v. Superior Court

Colorado

Court of Appeals

1991    Hayes v. Smith

1994    Ross v. Denver Department of Health and Hospitals

1995    Borquez v. Ozer

Connecticut

Supreme Court

2008    Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health

Delaware

Supreme Court

1993    Adoption of Swanson

Florida

District Court of Appeal

1997    Posik v. Layton

Rucks v. State

2010    Florida Department of Children and Families v. In re: Matter of Adoption of X.X.G. and N.R.G.

Supreme Court

1981    Florida Board of Bar Examiners Re: N.R.S.

Georgia

Court of Appeals

1985    Loring v. BellSouth Advertising & Publishing Corporation

Supreme Court

1995    City of Atlanta v. McKinney

1996    Christensen v. State

1997    City of Atlanta v. Morgan

1998    Powell v. State

Hawai’i

Supreme Court

1993    Baehr v. Lewin

Illinois

Appellate Court

1999    Marriage of Weisbruch

Petition of C.M.A.

Indiana

Court of Appeals

1991    R.E.G. v. L.M.G.

Iowa

Court of Appeals

2000    Marriage of Kraft

Kansas

Supreme Court

2005    State of Kansas v. Limon

Kentucky

Court of Appeals

1997    Ireland v. Davis

Maine

Supreme Judicial Court

1982    State v. Lovely

Maryland

Court of Special Appeals

2000    Lapides v. Trabbic

Massachusetts

Supreme Judicial Court

1993    Adoption of Tammy

1999    E.N.O. v. L.M.M.

2003    Goodridge v. Department of Public Health

2004    Opinions of the Justices to the Senate

Michigan

Court of Appeals

2009    Giancaspro v. Congleton

Supreme Court

2008    National Pride at Work, Inc. v. Governor of Michigan

Minnesota

Court of Appeals

1986    Guardianship of Kowalski

1991    Dignity Twin Cities v. Newman Center and Chapel

Guardianship of Kowalski

1994    Hanke v. Safari Hair Adventure

1998    Welfare of G.A.S.

2000    LaChapelle v. Mitten

Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis v. City of Minneapolis

Supreme Court

1986    Potter v. LaSalle Court Sports & Health Club

Mississippi

Court of Appeals

1999    Estate of Reaves v. Owen

Supreme Court

1999    Plaxico v. Michael

Weigand v. Houghton

Missouri

Court of Appeals

1987    Woy v. Woy

Nebraska

Supreme Court

1998    State v. Pattno

New Jersey

Superior Court, Appellate Division

1997    Rutgers Council of AAUP Chapters v. Rutgers, The State University

New Mexico

Court of Appeals

1988    State ex rel. Human Services Department

Supreme Court

2013    Elane Photography, LLC. v. Willock

New York

Supreme Court, Appellate Division

1978    DiStefano v. DiStefano

1993    Matter of Cooper

1994    Thomas S. v. Robin Y.

1998    Raum v. Restaurant Associates, Inc.

2012    Yonaty v. Mincolla

Court of Appeals

1983    People v. Uplinger

1984    Adoption of Robert Paul P.

1989    Braschi v. Stahl Associates Company

1994    Lloyd v. Grella

1995    Matter of Jacob

2001    Levin v. Yeshiva University

2016    In the Matter of Brooke S.B. v Elizabeth A.C.C.

North Carolina

Supreme Court

2010    Boseman v. Jarrell

North Dakota

Supreme Court

1981    Jacobson v. Jacobson

Ohio

Court of Appeals

1991    Gajovski v. Gajovski

State v. Hadinger

1993    Seward v. Mentrup

1995    Greenwood v. Taft, Stettinius & Hollister

1999    State of Ohio Metroparks v. Lasher

Supreme Court

1990    Adoption of Charles B.

2002    State v. Thompson

2007    State v. Carswell

Oklahoma

Court of Criminal Appeals

1994    Allen v. State

Oregon

Court of Appeals

1995    deParrie v. City of Portland

1998    Tanner v. Oregon Health Sciences University

Pennsylvania

Superior Court

1984    De Santo v. Barnsley

1999    Mitchell v. Moore

Rhode Island

Supreme Court

2002    Doe v. Burkland

South Carolina

Court of Appeals

1987    Stroman v. Williams

South Dakota

Supreme Court

1992    Chicoine v. Chicoine

1998    Collins v. Faith School District

Texas

Court of Appeals

1993    City of Dallas v. England

1996    Evans v. May

2010    In the Matter of the Marriage of J.B. and H.B.

2011    In re Divorce of Naylor and Daly

Utah

Supreme Court

2007    Jones v. Barlow

Vermont

Supreme Court

1999    Baker v. State

Virginia

Court of Appeals

1996    Thomas v. Thomas

1998    Piatt v. Piatt

2006    Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins

Supreme Court

1981    Doe v. Doe

1995    Bottoms v. Bottoms

Washington

Court of Appeals

2000    Vasquez v. Hawthorne

Supreme Court

1983    Marriage of Cabalquinto

Wisconsin

Court of Appeals

1996    State v. City of Madison

Supreme Court

1994    Angel Lace M. v. Terry M.

1995    Custody of H.S.H.-K.

2014    Appling v. Walker

Wyoming

Supreme Court

2011    Christiansen v. Christiansen

1978

DiStefano v. DiStefano, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division

1981

Doe v. Doe, Virginia Supreme Court

Florida Board of Bar Examiners Re: N.R.S., Florida Supreme Court

Jacobson v. Jacobson, North Dakota Supreme Court

Nemetz v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Van Ooteghem v. Gray, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

1982

State v. Lovely, Maine Supreme Judicial Court

1983

Curran v. Mount Diablo Council of the Boy Scouts of America, California Court of Appeal

Marriage of Cabalquinto, Washington Supreme Court

People v. Uplinger, New York Court of Appeals

1984

Adoption of Robert Paul P., New York Court of Appeals

Brown v. Johnson, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

De Santo v. Barnsley, Pennsylvania Superior Court

Gay Student Services v. Texas A&M University, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

National Gay Task Force v. Board of Education of the City of Oklahoma City, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

Rolon v. Kulwitzky, California Court of Appeal

1985

Hinman v. Department of Personnel Administration, California Court of Appeal

Logan v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Alabama Supreme Court

Loring v. BellSouth Advertising & Publishing Corporation, Georgia Court of Appeals

1986

Bowers v. Hardwick, U.S. Supreme Court

Guardianship of Kowalski, Minnesota Court of Appeals

Joachim v. AT&T Information Systems, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Potter v. LaSalle Court Sports & Health Club, Minnesota Supreme Court

1987

Coon v. Joseph, California Court of Appeal

Gay Inmates of Shelby County Jail v. Barksdale, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Padula v. Webster, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Stroman v. Williams, South Carolina Court of Appeals

Thigpen v. Carpenter, Arkansas Court of Appeals

Woy v. Woy, Missouri Court of Appeals

1988

State ex rel. Human Services Department, New Mexico Court of Appeals

Whorton v. Dillingham, California Court of Appeal

1989

Braschi v. Stahl Associates Company, New York Court of Appeals

Watkins v. U.S. Army, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

1990

Adoption of Charles B., Ohio Supreme Court

Curiale v. Reagan, California Court of Appeal

High Tech Gays v. Defense Indus. Sec. Clearance Office, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

1991

Dignity Twin Cities v. Newman Center and Chapel, Minnesota Court of Appeals

Gajovski v. Gajovski, Ohio Court of Appeals

Guardianship of Kowalski, Minnesota Court of Appeals

Hayes v. Smith, Colorado Court of Appeals

R.E.G. v. L.M.G., Indiana Court of Appeals

Soroka v. Dayton Hudson Corporation, California Court of Appeal

State v. Hadinger, Ohio Court of Appeals

1992

Chicoine v. Chicoine, South Dakota Supreme Court

Dillon v. Frank, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

1993

Adoption of Swanson, Delaware Supreme Court

Adoption of Tammy, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Baehr v. Lewin, Hawai’i Supreme Court

City of Dallas v. England, Texas Court of Appeals

Engel v. Worthington, California Court of Appeal

Matter of Cooper, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division

Seward v. Mentrup, Ohio Court of Appeals

1994

Allen v. State, Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Angel Lace M. v. Terry M., Wisconsin Supreme Court

Hanke v. Safari Hair Adventure, Minnesota Court of Appeals

Lloyd v. Grella, New York Court of Appeals

Ross v. Denver Department of Health and Hospitals, Colorado Court of Appeals

Steffan v. Perry, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Thomas S. v. Robin Y., New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division

1995

Baluyut v. Superior Court, California Court of Appeal

Borquez v. Ozer, Colorado Court of Appeals

Bottoms v. Bottoms, Virginia Supreme Court

City of Atlanta v. McKinney, Georgia Supreme Court

Custody of H.S.H.-K., Wisconsin Supreme Court

deParrie v. City of Portland, Oregon Court of Appeals

Greenwood v. Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Ohio Court of Appeals

Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of Boston, U.S. Supreme Court

Matter of Jacob, New York Court of Appeals

1996

Christensen v. State, Georgia Supreme Court

Evans v. May, Texas Court of Appeals

Nabozny v. Podlesny, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

Romer v. Evans, U.S. Supreme Court

State v. City of Madison, Wisconsin Court of Appeals

Thomas v. Thomas, Virginia Court of Appeals

Thomasson v. Perry, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

1997

City of Atlanta v. Morgan, Georgia Supreme Court

Ireland v. Davis, Kentucky Court of Appeals

J.B.F. v. J.M.F., Alabama Court of Civil Appeals

Posik v. Layton, Florida District Court of Appeal

Rucks v. State, Florida District Court of Appeal

Rutgers Council of AAUP Chapters v. Rutgers, The State University, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division

Shahar v. Bowers, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Stemler v. City of Florence, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

1998

Collins v. Faith School District, South Dakota Supreme Court

Ex Parte D.W.W., Alabama Supreme Court

Ex Parte J.M.F., Alabama Supreme Court

Piatt v. Piatt, Virginia Court of Appeals

Powell v. State, Georgia Supreme Court

Raum v. Restaurant Associates, Inc., New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division

State v. Pattno, Nebraska Supreme Court

Tanner v. Oregon Health Sciences University, Oregon Court of Appeals

Welfare of G.A.S., Minnesota Court of Appeals

1999

Baker v. State, Vermont Supreme Court

E.N.O. v. L.M.M., Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Estate of Reaves v. Owen, Mississippi Court of Appeals

Marriage of Weisbruch, Illinois Appellate Court

Mitchell v. Moore, Pennsylvania Superior Court

Petition of C.M.A., Illinois Appellate Court

Plaxico v. Michael, Mississippi Supreme Court

State of Ohio Metroparks v. Lasher, Ohio Court of Appeals

Weigand v. Houghton, Mississippi Supreme Court

2000

Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, U.S. Supreme Court

Hernandez-Montiel v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

LaChapelle v. Mitten, Minnesota Court of Appeals

Lapides v. Trabbic, Maryland Court of Special Appeals

Marriage of Kraft, Iowa Court of Appeals

People v. Garcia, California Court of Appeal

Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis v. City of Minneapolis, Minnesota Court of Appeals

Simonton v. Runyon, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Sterling v. Borough of Minersville, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

Vasquez v. Hawthorne, Washington Court of Appeals

2001

Knight v. Connecticut Department of Public Health, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Levin v. Yeshiva University, New York Court of Appeals

2002

Doe v. Burkland, Rhode Island Supreme Court

State v. Thompson, Ohio Supreme Court

2003
Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Lawrence v. Texas, U.S. Supreme Court

2004
Lofton v. Secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Opinions of the Justices to the Senate, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Peterson v. Hewlett-Packard Co., U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

2005

K.M. v. E.G., California Supreme Court

State of Kansas v. Limon, Kansas Supreme Court

2006

Department of Human Services v. Howard, Supreme Court of Arkansas

Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins, Court of Appeals of Virginia

2007

Jones v. Barlow, Utah Supreme Court

State of Ohio v. Carswell, Supreme Court of Ohio

2008

In re Marriage Cases, California Supreme Court

Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health, Connecticut Supreme Court

National Pride at Work, Inc. v. Governor of Michigan, Michigan Supreme Court

North Coast Women's Care Medical Group, Inc. v. Superior Court, California Supreme Court

2009

Giancaspro v. Congleton, Michigan Court of Appeals

Patterson v. Hudson Areas Schools, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Prowel v. Wise Business Forms, Inc., U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

2010

Boseman v. Jarrell, North Carolina Supreme Court

Florida Department of Children and Families v. In re: Matter of Adoption of X.X.G. and N.R.G., Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

In the Matter of the Marriage of J.B. and H.B., Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District

2011

Adar v. Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Christiansen v. Christiansen, Wyoming Supreme Court

In re Divorce of Naylor and Daly, Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District

Keeton v. Anderson-Wiley, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

2012

Dixon v. University of Toledo, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit

Perry v. Brown, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Yonaty v. Mincolla, New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division

2013

Elane Photography, LLC v. Willock, New Mexico Supreme Court

United States v. Windsor, U.S. Supreme Court

2014

Appling v. Walker, Wisconsin Supreme Court

Baskin v. Bogan, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

2015

Obergefell v. Hodges, U.S. Supreme Court

2016

In the Matter of Brooke S.B. v Elizabeth A.C.C., New York Court of Appeals

2017

Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit

Pavan v. Smith, U.S. Supreme Court

2018

Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, U.S. Supreme Court

2020

Bostock v. Clayton County, U.S. Supreme Court