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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patterson v. Warner | 72-5839 | 01/09/1974 | 02/26/1974 | 9-0 | |
| Murel v. Baltimore City Criminal Court | 70-5276 | 03/28/1972 | 06/19/1972 | 8-1 | |
| Sarno v. Illinois Crime Comm'n | 70-7 | 01/11/1972 | 05/22/1972 | 5-2 | |
| Aikens v. California | 68-5027 | 01/17/1972 | 06/07/1972 | 9-0 | |
| Younger v. Gilmore | 70-9 | 10/14/1971 | 11/08/1971 | 7-0 | |
| Willis v. Prudential Insurance Company Of America | 70-5344 | 02/28/1972 | 03/20/1972 | 4-4 | |
| Carter v. Stanton | 70-5082 | 11/08/1971 | 04/03/1972 | 7-0 | |
| Rabe v. Washington | 71-247 | 02/29/1972 | 03/20/1972 | 9-0 | |
| United States v. Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc. | 70-72 | 01/12/1972 | 01/24/1972 | 3-3 | |
| Diffenderfer v. Central Baptist Church | 70-47 | 12/06/1971 | 01/10/1972 | 6-1 | |
| Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Erie Lackawanna R. Co. | 71-107 | 04/17/1972 | 05/15/1972 | 8-0 | |
| Richardson v. Wright | 70-161 | 01/13/1972 | 02/24/1972 | 6-3 | |
| Duncan v. Tennessee | 70-5122 | 01/13/1972 | 02/23/1972 | 6-3 | |
| Flower v. United States | 71-1180 | 06/12/1972 | 6-2 | ||
| Huffman v. Boersen | 71-5097 | 04/19/1972 | 05/15/1972 | 9-0 | |
| Boyd v. Dutton | 70-5075 | 02/22/1972 | 5-4 | ||
| Iowa Beef Packers, Inc. v. Thompson | 70-286 | 01/12/1972 | 02/29/1972 | 8-1 | |
| Vermont v. New York | 50 ORIG | 02/29/1972 | 04/24/1972 | 9-0 | |
| Combs v. United States | 71-517 | 04/11/1972 | 06/26/1972 | 9-0 | |
| United States v. Louisiana | 9 ORIG | 12/14/1971 | 12/20/1971 | 7-0 | |
| Mcclanahan v. Morauer & Hartzell, Inc. | 70-5097 | 10/21/1971 | 11/08/1971 | 6-1 | |
| Haines v. Kerner | 70-5025 | 12/06/1971 | 01/13/1972 | 7-0 | |
| North Carolina v. Rice | 70-77 | 10/12/1971 | 12/14/1971 | 6-1 | |
| Furman v. Georgia | 69-5003 | 01/17/1972 | 06/29/1972 | 5-4 | |
| Wilwording v. Swenson | 70-5308 | 12/14/1971 | 6-1 | ||
| Vorchheimer v. School District Of Philadelphia | 76-37 | 02/22/1977 | 04/19/1977 | 4-4 | |
| Pearson v. Dodd | 75-1318 | 12/01/1976 | 01/12/1977 | 9-0 | |
| Massachusetts v. Westcott | 75-1775 | 01/17/1977 | 05/23/1977 | 9-0 | |
| Mandel v. Bradley | 76-128 | 02/23/1977 | 06/16/1977 | 7-1 | |
| Philadelphia v. New Jersey | 75-1150 | 11/03/1976 | 02/23/1977 | 5-4 | |
| United States v. Florida | 54 ORIG | 01/17/1977 | 02/23/1977 | 9-0 | |
| Belcher v. Stengel | 75-823 | 11/02/1976 | 11/30/1976 | 9-0 | |
| Darden v. Florida | 76-5382 | 03/28/1977 | 04/19/1977 | 7-2 | |
| Roberts v. Louisiana | 76-5206 | 03/28/1977 | 06/06/1977 | 5-4 | |
| Chappelle v. Greater Baton Rouge Airport Dist. | 76-352 | 04/25/1977 | 05/16/1977 | 8-1 | |
| Maness v. Wainwright | 75-6909 | 03/22/1977 | 03/29/1977 | 9-0 | |
| Poelker v. Doe | 75-442 | 01/11/1977 | 06/20/1977 | 6-3 | |
| Califano v. Webster | 76-457 | 03/21/1977 | 9-0 | ||
| Idaho Ex Rel. Andrus v. Oregon | 67 ORIG | 11/08/1976 | 12/07/1976 | 9-0 | |
| Epa v. Brown | 75-909 | 01/12/1977 | 05/02/1977 | 8-1 | |
| Parker Seal Co. v. Cummins | 75-478 | 10/12/1976 | 11/02/1976 | 4-4 | |
| National Socialist Party v. Skokie | 76-1786 | 06/14/1977 | 5-4 | ||
| Cook v. Hudson | 75-503 | 11/01/1976 | 12/07/1976 | 9-0 | |
| Codd v. Velger | 75-812 | 12/01/1976 | 02/22/1977 | 5-4 | |
| Jones v. Hildebrant | 76-5416 | 04/26/1977 | 06/16/1977 | 6-3 | |
| Scott v. Kentucky Parole Board | 74-6438 | 10/12/1976 | 11/02/1976 | 6-3 | |
| Mcadams v. Mcsurely | 76-1621 | 03/01/1978 | 06/26/1978 | 9-0 | |
| Vitek v. Jones | 77-888 | 04/24/1978 | 05/23/1978 | 8-1 | |
| Bankers Trust Co. v. Mallis | 76-1359 | 11/30/1977 | 03/28/1978 | 8-0 | |
| United States v. Jacobs | 76-1193 | 12/07/1977 | 05/01/1978 | 9-0 |