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give me the obergerefell v. hodges : court case name, Date, Location, and context.
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Case name
- Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015) (docket No. 14-556).
Date
- Decision issued June 26, 2015.
Location
- Supreme Court of the United States (Washington, D.C.).
Context
- Consolidation of challenges to state bans on same-sex marriage and refusals to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere (cases from Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee). In a 5–4 opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses require states to license marriages between two people of the same sex and to recognize such marriages lawfully performed in other states, thereby legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
- Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644 (2015) (docket No. 14-556).
Date
- Decision issued June 26, 2015.
Location
- Supreme Court of the United States (Washington, D.C.).
Context
- Consolidation of challenges to state bans on same-sex marriage and refusals to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere (cases from Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee). In a 5–4 opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses require states to license marriages between two people of the same sex and to recognize such marriages lawfully performed in other states, thereby legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
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