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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
American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah	Wrote the majority opinion	January 16, 1974	9-0
Passenger Corp. v. Passengers Assn.	Wrote the majority opinion	January 9, 1974	7-1
Super Tire Engineering Co. v. Mccorkle	Wrote a dissent	April 16, 1974	5-4
Kusper v. Pontikes	Wrote the majority opinion	November 19, 1973	7-2
Pell v. Procunier	Wrote the majority opinion	June 24, 1974	5-4
Kosydar v. National Cash Register Co.	Wrote the majority opinion	May 20, 1974	9-0
Falk v. Brennan	Wrote the majority opinion	December 5, 1973	5-4
United States v. Edwards	Wrote a dissent	March 26, 1974	5-4
Steffel v. Thompson	Wrote a regular concurrence	March 19, 1974	9-0
Blackledge v. Perry	Wrote the majority opinion	May 20, 1974	7-2
Fuller v. Oregon	Wrote the majority opinion	May 20, 1974	7-2
United States v. Richardson	Wrote a dissent	June 25, 1974	5-4
Bonelli Cattle Co. v. Arizona	Wrote a dissent	December 17, 1973	7-1
Milliken v. Bradley	Wrote a regular concurrence	July 25, 1974	5-4
Donnelly v. Dechristoforo	Wrote a regular concurrence	May 13, 1974	6-3
Baker v. Gold Seal Liquors	Wrote a special concurrence	June 17, 1974	8-1
Saxbe v. Washington Post Co.	Wrote the majority opinion	June 24, 1974	5-4
Geduldig v. Aiello	Wrote the majority opinion	June 17, 1974	6-3
United States v. General Dynamics Corp.	Wrote the majority opinion	March 19, 1974	5-4
Davis v. United States	Wrote the majority opinion	June 10, 1974	7-2
Mitchell v. W. T. Grant Co.	Wrote a dissent	May 13, 1974	5-4
Cardwell v. Lewis	Wrote a dissent	June 17, 1974	5-4
Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co.	Wrote the majority opinion	June 17, 1974	5-4
Calero-Toledo v. Pearson Yacht Leasing Co.	Wrote a dissent	May 15, 1974	7-2
Florida Power & Light v. Electrical Workers	Wrote the majority opinion	June 24, 1974	5-4
Gustafson v. Florida	Wrote a regular concurrence	December 11, 1973	6-3
United States v. Kahn	Wrote the majority opinion	February 20, 1974	6-3
Secretary Of The Navy v. Avrech	Wrote a special concurrence	July 8, 1974	6-3
Cleveland Board Of Education v. LaFleur	Wrote the majority opinion	January 21, 1974	7-2
Gerstein v. Pugh	Wrote a special concurrence	February 18, 1975	9-0
Teleprompter Corp. v. Cbs	Wrote the majority opinion	March 4, 1974	6-3
Parker v. Levy	Wrote a dissent	June 19, 1974	5-3
NLRB v. Magnavox Co.	Wrote a dissent	February 27, 1974	6-3
Schlesinger v. Reservists To Stop The War	Wrote a regular concurrence	June 25, 1974	6-3
Lau v. Nichols	Wrote a special concurrence	January 21, 1974	9-0
Michigan v. Tucker	Wrote a regular concurrence	June 10, 1974	8-1
Davis v. Alaska	Wrote a regular concurrence	February 27, 1974	7-2

Case

Decision

Decision Date

Vote

American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah

Wrote the majority opinion

January 16, 1974

9-0

Passenger Corp. v. Passengers Assn.

Wrote the majority opinion

January 9, 1974

7-1