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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramirez v. Indiana | 84-5059 | 03/19/1985 | 04/01/1985 | 4-4 | |
| Spencer v. South Carolina Tax Commission | 84-249 | 02/27/1985 | 03/27/1985 | 4-4 | |
| Cory v. Western Oil & Gas Assn. | 84-16 | 02/26/1985 | 03/27/1985 | 4-4 | |
| Tiverton Bd. Of License Comm'rs v. Pastore | 83-963 | 11/27/1984 | 01/08/1985 | 9-0 | |
| Fugate v. New Mexico | 83-6663 | 02/19/1985 | 03/26/1985 | 4-4 | |
| Board Of Ed. v. National Gay Task Force | 83-2030 | 01/14/1985 | 03/26/1985 | 4-4 | |
| Jensen, v. Quaring | 83-1944 | 01/07/1985 | 06/17/1985 | 4-4 | |
| Eastern Air Lines v. Mahfoud | 83-1807 | 01/15/1985 | 12/10/1985 | 4-4 | |
| Springfield Township School Dist. v. Knoll | 82-1889 | 01/14/1985 | 04/17/1985 | 8-0 | |
| Board Of Trustees Of Scarsdale v. Mccreary | 84-277 | 02/20/1985 | 03/27/1985 | 4-4 | |
| American National Bank & Tr. Co. v. Haroco, Inc. | 84-822 | 04/17/1985 | 07/01/1985 | 5-4 | |
| Oklahoma v. Castleberry | 83-2126 | 03/20/1985 | 04/01/1985 | 4-4 | |
| Montana v. Jackson | 81-1531 | 03/21/1983 | 8-0 | ||
| Arizona Governing Committee v. Norris | 82-52 | 03/28/1983 | 07/06/1983 | 5-4 | |
| Firefighters v. Boston Chapter, NAACP | 82-185 | 04/18/1983 | 05/16/1983 | 8-0 | |
| Gillette Co. v. Miner | 81-1493 | 11/10/1982 | 12/06/1982 | 9-0 | |
| Florida v. Casal | 81-2318 | 02/23/1983 | 06/17/1983 | 9-0 | |
| United States v. Merchant | 85-1672 | 03/04/1987 | 03/24/1987 | 9-0 | |
| California v. Rooney | 85-1835 | 03/25/1987 | 06/23/1987 | 6-3 | |
| Lynaugh v. Petty | 85-1656 | 03/03/1987 | 03/24/1987 | 9-0 | |
| Missouri v. Blair | 85-303 | 11/12/1986 | 03/24/1987 | 9-0 | |
| Ray v. United States | 86-281 | 04/28/1987 | 05/18/1987 | 9-0 | |
| PBGC v. Yahn & McDonnell, Inc. | 86-231 | 04/27/1987 | 05/18/1987 | 4-4 | |
| Springfield v. Kibbe | 85-1217 | 11/04/1986 | 02/25/1987 | 5-4 | |
| Van Drasek v. Webb | 86-319 | 04/29/1987 | 05/18/1987 | 9-0 | |
| Cerbone v. Conway | 84-1947 | 11/05/1986 | 11/17/1986 | 9-0 | |
| Velde v. National Black Police Assn. | 80-1074 | 12/09/1981 | 06/30/1982 | 7-0 | |
| Zant v. Stephens | 81-89 | 02/24/1982 | 05/03/1982 | 6-3 | |
| O'dell v. Espinoza | 81-534 | 04/26/1982 | 05/04/1982 | 9-0 | |
| American Medical Assn. v. Ftc | 80-1690 | 01/11/1982 | 03/23/1982 | 4-4 | |
| Donovan v. Richland County Assn. | 81-255 | 01/11/1982 | 9-0 | ||
| Princeton University v. Schmid | 80-1576 | 11/10/1981 | 01/13/1982 | 8-0 | |
| Consolidated Freightways Corp. v. Kassel | 79-1618 | 11/09/1981 | 02/23/1982 | 7-1 | |
| Finley v. Murray | 80-2205 | 04/21/1982 | 05/17/1982 | 9-0 | |
| Common Cause v. Schmitt | 80-847 | 10/07/1981 | 01/19/1982 | 4-4 | |
| Murphy v. Hunt | 80-2165 | 01/18/1982 | 03/02/1982 | 8-1 | |
| Colorado v. Nunez | 82-1845 | 01/17/1984 | 02/21/1984 | 9-0 | |
| Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. Vaughn | 82-2042 | 03/19/1984 | 04/30/1984 | 9-0 | |
| Escambia County v. Mcmillan | 82-1295 | 01/10/1984 | 03/27/1984 | 8-0 | |
| Board Of Education v. Vail | 83-87 | 02/28/1984 | 04/23/1984 | 4-4 | |
| Koehler v. Engle | 83-1 | 02/28/1984 | 03/26/1984 | 4-4 | |
| New York v. Uplinger | 82-1724 | 01/18/1984 | 05/30/1984 | 5-4 | |
| Florida v. Meyers | 83-1279 | 04/23/1984 | 6-0 | ||
| New Mexico v. Earnest | 85-162 | 04/01/1986 | 06/27/1986 | 9-0 | |
| Colorado v. Connelly | 85-660 | 01/13/1986 | 9-0 | ||
| United States v. Quinn | 84-1717 | 03/05/1986 | 04/21/1986 | 7-2 | |
| Lake Coal Co., Inc. v. Roberts & Schaefer Co. | 84-1240 | 10/15/1985 | 12/03/1985 | 9-0 | |
| Bazemore v. Friday | 85-93 | 04/22/1986 | 07/01/1986 | 9-0 | |
| EEOC v. FLRA | 84-1728 | 01/22/1986 | 04/29/1986 | 7-1 | |
| Private Truck Council Of America, Inc. v. Quinn | 85-1423 | 05/19/1986 | 6-0 |