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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.

Case	Decision	Decision Date	Vote
Bayside Enterprises, Inc. v. NLRB	Wrote the majority opinion	January 11, 1977	9-0
United States v. Donovan	Wrote a dissent	January 18, 1977	6-3
United States v. Ramsey	Wrote a dissent	June 6, 1977	6-3
Wolman v. Walter	Wrote a special concurrence	June 24, 1977	7-2
Smith v. United States	Wrote a dissent	May 23, 1977	5-4
Nixon v. Administrator Of General Services	Wrote a regular concurrence	June 28, 1977	7-2
Alexander v. Fioto	Wrote the majority opinion	April 4, 1977	8-0
Mandel v. Bradley	Wrote a dissent	June 16, 1977	7-1
Craig v. Boren	Wrote a regular concurrence	December 20, 1976	7-2
Gardner v. Florida	Wrote the judgment of the Court	March 22, 1977	8-1
Carey v. Population Services International	Wrote a regular concurrence	June 9, 1977	7-2
Wainwright v. Sykes	Wrote a regular concurrence	June 23, 1977	7-2
Estelle v. Gamble	Wrote a dissent	November 30, 1976	8-1
Moore v. East Cleveland	Wrote a special concurrence	May 31, 1977	5-4
Santa Fe Industries, Inc. v. Green	Wrote a special concurrence	March 23, 1977	8-1
Marks v. United States	Wrote a dissent	March 1, 1977	5-4
Manson v. Brathwaite	Wrote a regular concurrence	June 16, 1977	7-2
Ingraham v. Wright	Wrote a dissent, joined White's dissent	April 19, 1977	5-4
Lefkowitz v. Cunningham	Wrote a dissent	June 13, 1977	7-1
Dixon v. Love	Wrote a regular concurrence	May 16, 1977	8-0
Swain v. Pressley	Wrote the majority opinion	March 22, 1977	9-0
Jeffers v. United States	Wrote a dissent	June 16, 1977	5-4
Splawn v. California	Wrote a dissent	June 6, 1977	5-4
Ward v. Illinois	Wrote a dissent	June 9, 1977	5-4
United States v. Lovasco	Wrote a dissent	June 9, 1977	8-1
Califano v. Goldfarb	Wrote a special concurrence	March 2, 1977	5-4
Piper v. Chris-Craft Industries	Wrote a dissent	February 23, 1977	7-2
Knebel v. Hein	Wrote the majority opinion	January 11, 1977	9-0
Don E. Williams Co. v. Commissioner	Wrote a regular concurrence	February 22, 1977	7-2
Third National Bank v. Impac Limited, Inc.	Wrote the majority opinion	June 17, 1977	6-3
Moody v. Daggett	Wrote a dissent	November 15, 1976	7-2
Brewer v. Williams	Wrote a regular concurrence	March 23, 1977	5-4
Abood v. Detroit Board Of Education	Wrote a regular concurrence	May 23, 1977	9-0
United States v. County Of Fresno	Wrote a dissent	January 25, 1977	8-1
Commissioner v. Standard Life & Acc. Ins. Co.	Wrote the majority opinion	June 23, 1977	8-0
Henderson v. Kibbe	Wrote the majority opinion	May 16, 1977	8-0
Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp.	Wrote a dissent	June 29, 1977	5-4
Dayton Board Of Education v. Brinkman	Wrote a regular concurrence	June 27, 1977	8-0
Dobbert v. Florida	Wrote a dissent	June 17, 1977	6-3
Epa v. Brown	Wrote a dissent	May 2, 1977	8-1
Shaffer v. Heitner	Wrote a special concurrence	June 24, 1977	7-1
U.S. Steel Corp. v. Fortner Enterprises	Wrote the majority opinion	February 22, 1977	9-0
United States v. Martin Linen Supply Co.	Wrote a special concurrence	April 4, 1977	7-1
Trainor v. Hernandez	Wrote a dissent	May 31, 1977	5-4
Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.	Wrote a dissent	June 28, 1977	5-4
Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Union	Wrote a special concurrence	June 23, 1977	7-2
Hazelwood School District v. United States	Wrote a dissent	June 27, 1977	8-1
E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Train	Wrote the majority opinion	February 23, 1977	8-0
Juidice v. Vail	Wrote a special concurrence	March 22, 1977	6-3
Codd v. Velger	Wrote a dissent	February 22, 1977	5-4
Whalen v. Roe	Wrote the majority opinion	February 22, 1977	9-0
United Air Lines, Inc. v. Evans	Wrote the majority opinion	May 31, 1977	7-2
Puyallup Tribe v. Washington Game Dept.	Wrote the majority opinion	June 23, 1977	7-2
Scott v. Kentucky Parole Board	Wrote a dissent	November 2, 1976	6-3

Case

Decision

Decision Date

Vote

Bayside Enterprises, Inc. v. NLRB

Wrote the majority opinion

January 11, 1977

9-0

United States v. Donovan

Wrote a dissent

January 18, 1977

6-3