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.

Stephen G. Breyer

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Case	Decision	Decision Date	Vote
Shinseki v. Sanders	Wrote the majority opinion	April 21, 2009	6-3
Locke v. Karass	Wrote the majority opinion	January 21, 2009	9-0
Bartlett v. Strickland	Wrote a dissent; joined Souter's dissent	March 9, 2009	5-4
Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. LinkLine Communications	Wrote a concurring opinion	February 25, 2009	9-0
Wyeth v. Levine	Wrote a concurring opinion	March 4, 2009	6-3
Chambers v. United States	Wrote the majority opinion	January 13, 2009	9-0
Carcieri v. Salazar	Wrote a concurring opinion	February 24, 2009	-
Van De Kamp v. Goldstein	Wrote the majority opinion	January 26, 2009	9-0
Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.	Wrote an opinion concurring in part dissenting in part	November 12, 2008	5-4
Ysursa v. Pocatello Education Association	Wrote an opinion concurring in part dissenting in part	February 24, 2009	7-2
Ministry of Defense of Iran v. Elahi	Wrote the majority opinion	April 21, 2009	6-3
Entergy Corporation v. EPA	Wrote an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part	April 1, 2009	6-3
Montejo v. Louisiana	Wrote a dissent; joined Stevens' dissent in part	May 26, 2009	5-4
FCC v. Fox Television Stations	Wrote a dissent	April 28, 2009	5-4
Summers v. Earth Island Institute	Wrote a dissent	March 3, 2009	5-4
Arizona v. Gant	Wrote a dissent; joined Alito's dissent in part	April 21, 2009	5-4
Flores-Figueroa v. United States	Wrote the majority opinion	May 4, 2009	9-0
Carlsbad Tech., Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc.	Wrote a concurring opinion	May 4, 2009	9-0
Vermont v. Brillon	Wrote a dissent	March 9, 2009	7-2
Dean v. United States	Wrote a dissent	April 29, 2009	7-2
Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.	Wrote a dissent; joined Stevens' dissent	June 18, 2009	5-4
Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez	Wrote the majority opinion	June 15, 2009	7-2
Horne v. Flores	Wrote a dissent	June 25, 2009	5-4
Nijhawan v. Holder	Wrote the majority opinion	June 15, 2009	9-0
Nelson v. United States	Wrote a concurring opinion	January 26, 2009	9-0

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