On March 26 and 27, the Supreme Court heard two landmark same-sex marriage cases. Check out our deep dive on the topic to find out more about the cases and issues the Court will consider.
| Case | Docket No. | Argued | Decided |
Majority Author |
Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter v. Dean | 77-6248 | 10/11/1978 | 12/11/1978 | 9-0 | |
| Harrah Independent School Dist. v. Martin | 78-443 | 02/26/1979 | 9-0 | ||
| Ramsey v. New York | 77-6540 | 02/22/1979 | 03/05/1979 | 9-0 | |
| Massachusetts v. White | 77-1388 | 11/28/1978 | 12/11/1978 | 4-4 | |
| Williams v. Brown | 78-357 | 03/19/1979 | 04/22/1980 | 6-3 | |
| Leis v. Flynt | 77-1618 | 01/15/1979 | 5-3 | ||
| Kentucky v. Whorton | 78-749 | 04/16/1979 | 05/21/1979 | 6-3 | |
| Smith v. Arkansas State Highway Employees | 78-1223 | 04/30/1979 | 7-1 | ||
| Toll v. Moreno | 77-154 | 02/22/1979 | 04/30/1979 | 9-0 | |
| FERC v. Shell Oil Co. | 77-1652 | 01/15/1979 | 02/22/1979 | 4-4 | |
| Texas v. New Mexico | 65 ORIG | 03/24/1980 | 05/19/1980 | 8-1 | |
| Estes v. Metropolitan Branches, Dallas NAACP | 78-253 | 10/29/1979 | 01/21/1980 | 5-3 | |
| Crown Simpson Pulp Co. v. Costle | 79-797 | 03/17/1980 | 9-0 | ||
| Hatzlachh Supply Co. v. United States | 78-1175 | 12/05/1979 | 01/21/1980 | 8-1 | |
| Vance v. Universal Amusement Co. | 78-1588 | 11/28/1979 | 03/18/1980 | 5-4 | |
| Goldwater v. Carter | 79-856 | 12/13/1979 | 8-1 | ||
| Baldasar v. Illinois | 77-6219 | 11/26/1979 | 04/22/1980 | 5-4 | |
| Massachusetts v. Meehan | 78-1874 | 01/09/1980 | 02/26/1980 | 9-0 | |
| Secretary Of Navy v. Huff | 78-599 | 11/06/1979 | 01/21/1980 | 5-3 | |
| Snepp v. United States | 78-1871 | 02/19/1980 | 6-3 | ||
| Vaughn v. Vermilion Corp. | 77-1819 | 10/01/1979 | 12/04/1979 | 6-3 | |
| Hill v. Printing Industries Of Gulf Coast | 74-456 | 04/15/1975 | 06/30/1975 | 8-0 | |
| United States v. N. J. State Lottery Comm'n | 73-1471 | 11/20/1974 | 02/25/1975 | 7-1 | |
| Lascaris v. Shirley | 73-1016 | 12/18/1974 | 03/19/1975 | 6-3 | |
| Roe v. Doe | 73-1446 | 12/18/1974 | 02/19/1975 | 9-0 | |
| Edwards v. Healy | 73-759 | 10/16/1974 | 06/09/1975 | 8-0 | |
| United States v. Guana-Sanchez | 73-820 | 01/14/1975 | 03/03/1975 | 8-0 | |
| Test v. United States | 73-5993 | 12/11/1974 | 01/27/1975 | 9-0 | |
| Williams & Wilkins Co. v. United States | 73-1279 | 12/17/1974 | 02/19/1975 | 4-4 | |
| Utah v. United States | 31 ORIG | 12/17/1974 | 02/19/1975 | 9-0 | |
| White v. Regester | 73-1462 | 02/19/1975 | 06/30/1975 | 8-0 | |
| Mtm, Inc. v. Baxley | 73-1119 | 12/10/1974 | 03/25/1975 | 8-1 | |
| Costarelli v. Massachusetts | 73-6739 | 03/17/1975 | 04/28/1975 | 8-0 | |
| United States v. Louisiana | 9 ORIG | 02/24/1975 | 03/17/1975 | 7-0 | |
| Cassius v. Arizona | 74-5140 | 01/21/1975 | 03/03/1975 | 6-2 | |
| Roe v. Norton | 73-6033 | 02/25/1975 | 06/24/1975 | 9-0 | |
| Train v. Campaign Clean Water | 73-1378 | 11/12/1974 | 02/18/1975 | 9-0 | |
| United States v. Florida | 52 ORIG | 02/25/1975 | 03/03/1975 | 8-0 | |
| Indianapolis School Comm'rs v. Jacobs | 73-1347 | 12/11/1974 | 02/18/1975 | 8-1 | |
| Francisco v. Gathright | 73-5768 | 10/15/1974 | 11/19/1974 | 9-0 | |
| Hess v. Indiana | 73-5290 | 11/19/1973 | 6-3 | ||
| DeFunis v. Odegaard | 73-235 | 02/26/1974 | 04/23/1974 | 5-4 | |
| Paschall v. Christie-Stewart, Inc. | 72-922 | 10/16/1973 | 11/19/1973 | 7-2 | |
| Spence v. Washington | 72-1690 | 01/09/1974 | 06/25/1974 | 6-3 | |
| Norwell v. City Of Cincinnati | 72-1366 | 11/05/1973 | 9-0 | ||
| Holder v. Banks | 73-841 | 04/24/1974 | 05/28/1974 | 8-0 | |
| Mississippi v. Arkansas | 48 ORIG | 12/05/1973 | 02/26/1974 | 9-0 | |
| Secretary Of The Navy v. Avrech | 72-1713 | 02/20/1974 | 07/08/1974 | 6-3 | |
| Speight v. Slaton | 72-1557 | 01/07/1974 | 02/27/1974 | 9-0 | |
| Foley v. Blair & Co. | 72-1154 | 11/12/1973 | 12/05/1973 | 9-0 |