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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbison-Walker Refractories, v. Brieck | 87-271 | 10/31/1988 | 12/12/1988 | 9-0 | |
| Rhodes v. Stewart | 88-139 | 10/17/1988 | 6-0 | ||
| Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Graham | 88-266 | 02/21/1989 | 03/29/1989 | 9-0 | |
| Tompkins v. Texas | 87-6405 | 12/06/1988 | 06/05/1989 | 4-4 | |
| Mcnamara v. County, San Diego Dept., Soc. Ser. | 87-5840 | 11/28/1988 | 12/06/1988 | 9-0 | |
| Oring v. State Bar Of California | 87-1224 | 01/10/1989 | 01/23/1989 | 9-0 | |
| Frank v. Minnesota Newspaper Assn., Inc. | 87-1956 | 03/22/1989 | 04/25/1989 | 6-3 | |
| American Foreign Service Assn. v. Garfinkel | 87-2127 | 03/20/1989 | 04/18/1989 | 9-0 | |
| Wyoming v. United States | 88-309 | 04/25/1989 | 06/26/1989 | 4-4 | |
| Zant v. Moore | 87-1104 | 11/29/1988 | 03/29/1989 | 8-0 | |
| California v. United States | 87-1165 | 11/28/1988 | 06/12/1989 | 4-4 | |
| Needelman v. United States | 278 | 04/25/1960 | 05/16/1960 | 6-3 | |
| Niukkanen v. Mcalexander | 130 | 03/21/1960 | 04/18/1960 | 5-4 | |
| Superior Court v. Yellow Cab | 76 | 01/20/1960 | 01/25/1960 | 9-0 | |
| Nostrand v. Little | 342 | 03/30/1960 | 05/02/1960 | 7-2 | |
| United States v. Alabama | 398 | 05/02/1960 | 05/16/1960 | 9-0 | |
| Phillips v. New York | 497 | 04/18/1960 | 04/25/1960 | 9-0 | |
| Communications Workers v. N. L. R. B. | 418 | 04/18/1960 | 05/02/1960 | 9-0 | |
| Mitchell v. Oregon Frozen Foods Co. | 33 | 11/17/1959 | 01/11/1960 | 8-0 | |
| Steelworkers v. United States | 504 | 11/03/1959 | 11/07/1959 | 8-1 | |
| Cory Corporation v. Sauber | 436 | 05/16/1960 | 06/20/1960 | 5-3 | |
| Parker v. Ellis | 38 | 01/20/1960 | 05/16/1960 | 5-4 | |
| Mackey v. Mendoza-Martinez | 29 | 11/10/1959 | 04/18/1960 | 6-3 | |
| Ward v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. | 485 | 03/31/1960 | 04/18/1960 | 6-2 | |
| Goett, v. Union Carbide Corp. | 3 | 11/12/1959 | 01/18/1960 | 5-4 | |
| Luckenbach Steamship Co., Inc. v. United States | 848 | 06/20/1960 | 7-2 | ||
| Yancy v. United States | 47 | 12/08/1959 | 04/18/1960 | 4-4 | |
| Mcgann v. United States | 153 | 03/03/1960 | 03/21/1960 | 9-0 | |
| Union Pacific R. Co. v. United States | 98 | 03/23/1960 | 04/04/1960 | 9-0 | |
| United States v. Thomas | 667 | 02/23/1960 | 02/29/1960 | 9-0 | |
| Eaton v. Price | 30 | 04/19/1960 | 06/27/1960 | 4-4 | |
| Kimm v. Rosenberg | 139 | 05/16/1960 | 06/13/1960 | 5-4 | |
| Werner Co. v. Director Of Taxation | 63 | 03/05/1956 | 03/26/1956 | 9-0 | |
| Murdock Acceptance Corp. v. U.S. | 56 | 02/27/1956 | 03/26/1956 | 8-1 | |
| Arizona v. California | 10 ORIG | 12/08/1955 | 12/12/1955 | 5-3 | |
| Cahill v. New York, N. H. & H. R. Co. | 436 | 05/14/1956 | 5-4 | ||
| U.S. v. Contract Steel Carriers | 102 | 02/29/1956 | 03/12/1956 | 7-2 | |
| Petrowski v. Hawkeye-Security Co. | 469 | 03/07/1956 | 03/26/1956 | 9-0 | |
| Gibson v. Lockheed Aircraft Co. | 42 | 12/05/1955 | 02/27/1956 | 9-0 | |
| Neese v. Southern Railway Co. | 28 | 11/07/1955 | 11/21/1955 | 9-0 | |
| Mississippi v. Louisiana | 11 ORIG | 10/11/1955 | 10/17/1955 | 9-0 | |
| Baker v. Texas & P. R. Co. | 363 | 03/25/1959 | 04/06/1959 | 8-0 | |
| Cooper v. Aaron | 1 | 08/28/1958 | 09/12/1958 | 9-0 | |
| N. A. A. C. P. v. Alabama | 753 | 06/08/1959 | 8-0 | ||
| Marshall v. United States | 383 | 03/25/1959 | 06/15/1959 | 8-1 | |
| Spevack v. Strauss | 339 | 03/05/1959 | 03/23/1959 | 9-0 | |
| Taylor v. Mcelroy | 504 | 03/31/1959 | 06/29/1959 | 9-0 | |
| Jennings v. Ragen | 185 MISC | 01/12/1959 | 8-0 | ||
| Hotel Employees v. Leedom | 21 | 11/10/1958 | 11/24/1958 | 9-0 | |
| Woody v. United States | 135 | 01/14/1959 | 03/23/1959 | 4-4 |