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October 10, 2008
Connecticut Supreme Court - Same-Sex Marriage case
The Connecticut Supreme Court has just released its opinion in the state same-sex marriage case, Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health, SC 17716 (October 10, 2008), with three dissenting opinions. The opinion for the Court is by Justice Richard Palmer:
The Court held the state's opposite-sex marriage requirement UNCONSTITUTIONAL under its state constitutional equal protection clause applying intermediate scrutiny.
A pdf of the 85 page opinion is available here. Three dissenting opinions available at the Connecticut Supreme Court website.
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October 10, 2008 in Equal Protection, Family, Federalism, Recent Cases, Sexual Orientation, Sexuality | Permalink
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