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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
Oil Workers v. Mobil Oil Corp.	Wrote a special concurrence	June 14, 1976	7-2
Imbler v. Pachtman	Wrote the majority opinion	March 2, 1976	8-0
Machinists v. Wisconsin Emp. Rel. Comm'n	Wrote a regular concurrence	June 25, 1976	6-3
Kelley v. Johnson	Wrote a regular concurrence	April 5, 1976	6-2
Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co.	Wrote a regular concurrence	July 1, 1976	6-2
Stone v. Powell	Wrote the majority opinion	July 6, 1976	6-3
Doyle v. Ohio	Wrote the majority opinion	June 17, 1976	6-3
Time, Inc. v. Firestone	Wrote a regular concurrence	March 2, 1976	6-2
Mathews v. Eldridge	Wrote the majority opinion	February 24, 1976	6-2
Eastlake v. Forest City Enterprises, Inc.	Wrote a dissent	June 21, 1976	6-3
South Dakota v. Opperman	Wrote a regular concurrence	July 6, 1976	5-4
Elrod v. Burns	Wrote a dissent	June 25, 1976	5-3
Runyon v. McCrary	Wrote a regular concurrence	June 25, 1976	7-2
United States v. Miller	Wrote the majority opinion	April 21, 1976	7-2
Singleton v. Wulff	Wrote a dissent	July 1, 1976	5-4
Greer v. Spock	Wrote a regular concurrence	March 24, 1976	6-2
Nader v. Allegheny Airlines	Wrote the majority opinion	June 7, 1976	9-0
Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder	Wrote the majority opinion	March 30, 1976	6-2
Goldberg v. United States	Wrote a special concurrence	March 30, 1976	9-0
Nebraska Press Assoc. v. Stuart	Wrote a regular concurrence	June 30, 1976	9-0
United States v. Martinez-Fuerte	Wrote the majority opinion	July 6, 1976	7-2
Proffitt v. Florida	Wrote the judgment of the Court	July 2, 1976	7-2
Ristaino v. Ross	Wrote the majority opinion	March 3, 1976	6-2
Hampton v. United States	Wrote a special concurrence	April 27, 1976	5-3
Foremost-Mckesson v. Provident Securities	Wrote the majority opinion	January 13, 1976	8-0
Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co.	Wrote a dissent	March 24, 1976	5-3
Garner v. United States	Wrote the majority opinion	March 23, 1976	8-0
NAACP v. FPC	Wrote a regular concurrence	May 19, 1976	8-0
United States v. Hopkins	Wrote a dissent	June 24, 1976	8-1
Estelle v. Williams	Wrote a regular concurrence	May 3, 1976	6-2
United States v. Watson	Wrote a regular concurrence	January 26, 1976	6-2
Union Electric Co. v. Epa	Wrote a regular concurrence	June 25, 1976	9-0
Hughes v. Alexandria Scrap Corp.	Wrote the majority opinion	June 24, 1976	6-3
Simon v. Eastern Ky. Welfare Rights Org.	Wrote the majority opinion	June 1, 1976	8-0
Young v. American Mini Theatres	Wrote a regular concurrence	June 24, 1976	5-4
Ludwig v. Massachusetts	Wrote a regular concurrence	June 30, 1976	5-4
Hudgens v. NLRB	Wrote a regular concurrence	March 3, 1976	6-2
United States v. Moore	Wrote the majority opinion	December 9, 1975	8-0
Kleppe v. Sierra Club	Wrote the majority opinion	June 28, 1976	7-2

Case

Decision

Decision Date

Vote

Oil Workers v. Mobil Oil Corp.

Wrote a special concurrence

June 14, 1976

7-2

Imbler v. Pachtman

Wrote the majority opinion

March 2, 1976

8-0