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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
Colorado River Water Cons. Dist. v. U.S.	Wrote a dissent	March 24, 1976	6-3
Hortonville Dist. v. Hortonville Ed. Assn.	Wrote a dissent	June 17, 1976	6-3
Oil Workers v. Mobil Oil Corp.	Wrote a dissent	June 14, 1976	7-2
Roemer v. Maryland Public Works Bd.	Wrote a dissent	June 21, 1976	5-4
Hines v. Anchor Motor Freight	Wrote a regular concurrence	March 3, 1976	6-2
General Electric Co. v. Gilbert	Wrote a regular concurrence	December 7, 1976	6-3
Woodson v. North Carolina	Wrote the judgment of the Court	July 2, 1976	5-4
United States v. Mandujano	Wrote a special concurrence	May 19, 1976	8-0
Ohio v. Gallagher	Wrote a jurisdictional dissent	April 5, 1976	5-0
Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co.	Wrote a dissent	July 1, 1976	6-2
United States v. Dinitz	Wrote the majority opinion	March 8, 1976	6-2
North v. Russell	Wrote a dissent	June 25, 1976	6-2
Elrod v. Burns	Wrote a special concurrence	June 25, 1976	5-3
Runyon v. McCrary	Wrote the majority opinion	June 25, 1976	7-2
Gregg v. Georgia	Wrote the judgment of the Court	July 2, 1976	7-2
United States v. Powell	Wrote a special concurrence	December 2, 1975	8-0
Planned Parenthood Of Missouri v. Danforth	Wrote a regular concurrence	July 1, 1976	5-4
Greer v. Spock	Wrote the majority opinion	March 24, 1976	6-2
United States v. United Continental Tuna	Wrote a dissent	March 30, 1976	7-1
Barrett v. United States	Wrote a dissent	January 13, 1976	6-2
United States v. Gaddis	Wrote the majority opinion	March 3, 1976	8-0
United States v. Foster Lumber Co.	Wrote the majority opinion	November 2, 1976	5-4
Brown v. GSA	Wrote the majority opinion	June 1, 1976	6-2
United States v. Janis	Wrote a dissent	July 6, 1976	5-3
Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co.	Wrote a dissent	July 6, 1976	6-3
United States v. Bornstein	Wrote the majority opinion	January 14, 1976	5-3
NAACP v. FPC	Wrote the majority opinion	May 19, 1976	8-0
Chandler v. Roudebush	Wrote the majority opinion	June 1, 1976	9-0
Radzanower v. Touche Ross & Co.	Wrote the majority opinion	June 7, 1976	8-1
Hills v. Gautreaux	Wrote the majority opinion	April 20, 1976	8-0
United States v. Watson	Wrote a special concurrence	January 26, 1976	6-2
City Of Charlotte v. Firefighters	Wrote a special concurrence	June 7, 1976	9-0
Francis v. Henderson	Wrote the majority opinion	May 3, 1976	6-1
Abbott Labs. v. Portland Retail Druggists	Wrote a dissent	March 24, 1976	6-2
Virginia Pharmacy Bd. v. Virginia Consumer Council	Wrote a regular concurrence	May 24, 1976	7-1
Michigan v. Mosley	Wrote the majority opinion	December 9, 1975	6-2
Simon v. Eastern Ky. Welfare Rights Org.	Wrote a regular concurrence	June 1, 1976	8-0
Young v. American Mini Theatres	Wrote a dissent, joined Blackmun's dissent	June 24, 1976	5-4
Hudgens v. NLRB	Wrote the majority opinion	March 3, 1976	6-2

Case

Decision

Decision Date

Vote

Colorado River Water Cons. Dist. v. U.S.

Wrote a dissent

March 24, 1976

6-3

Hortonville Dist. v. Hortonville Ed. Assn.

Wrote a dissent

June 17, 1976

6-3