Same-sex Marriage Deep Dive

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.

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Cases

Decisions

Case	Docket No.	Argued	Decided	Majority Author	Vote
Whitley v. Albers	84-1077	12/10/1985	03/04/1986	Sandra Day O'Connor	5-4
Transcontinental Pipe Line v. State Oil & Gas Bd.	84-1076	10/08/1985	01/22/1986	Harry A. Blackmun	5-4
Witters v. Wash. Dept. Of Services For Blind	84-1070	11/06/1985	01/27/1986	Thurgood Marshall	9-0
Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. v. Public Util. Comm'n	84-1044	10/08/1985	02/25/1986	Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	5-3
United States v. Rojas-Contreras	84-1023	10/09/1985	12/16/1985	Warren E. Burger	9-0
Matsushita Elec. Industrial Co. v. Zenith Radio	83-2004	11/12/1985	03/25/1986	Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	5-4
Thornburg v. Gingles	83-1968	12/04/1985	06/30/1986	William J. Brennan, Jr.	9-0
United States v. Maine	35 ORIG	12/12/1985	02/25/1986	John Paul Stevens	8-0