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Cases: Marriage

New England is on the forefront of the marriage equality movement.

Kerrigan & Mock v. Connecticut Dept. of Public Health

Victory • 2008

On Friday, October 10, 2008, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that gay and lesbian couples are entitled to full marriage equality.

On August 25, 2004, GLAD filed suit on behalf of eight gay and lesbian… Read More

Schulman v. Reilly

Loss • 2006

GLAD filed this lawsuit to challenge the Attorney General’s decision that a proposed ballot question that would once again exclude same-sex couples from marriage satisfies the Massachusetts constitution.  The suit was filed on January 3,… Read More

Cote-Whitacre et al. v. Dept. Public Health

Victory • 2006

On March 30, 2006, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court determined in the absence of a home state’s “express prohibition” against marriage by same-sex couples – through a constitutional amendment, statute, or controlling appellate decision, Massachusetts… Read More

Tiverton School Committee v. McCullough & Boivin

Settled • 2005

GLAD worked with the ACLU of Rhode Island and the Rhode Island NEA on behalf of a retired teacher, a resident of Massachusetts, who sought spousal health insurance coverage for her new spouse under the… Read More

C. J. Doyle v. Goodridge

Victory • 2005

One of a barrage of actions filed early in 2004 to prevent the implementation of Goodridge on May 17, 2004, this action sought a further stay of Goodridge until the constitutional amendment process could be… Read More

Goodridge et al. v. Dept. Public Health

Victory • 2003

In a historic opinion on November 18, 2003, GLAD won a ruling from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that gay and lesbian couples can no longer be excluded from civil marriage rights in Massachusetts.  GLAD… Read More

Albano v. Reilly et al

Victory • 2002

In Albano et al v. Reilly et al, GLAD challenged the propriety of the Attorney General’s certification of the ballot initiative.  GLAD’s claim was based on the sweeping nature of the amendment.  GLAD claimed that… Read More

Burns v. Burns

Loss • 2002

GLAD submitted an amicus brief in this Georgia case, the first addressing whether a Vermont civil union has the force of marriage in another jurisdiction.  The case concerns a divorced mother, Susan Burns, who was… Read More

Chambers v. Ormiston

Pending

The Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled on December 7, 2007, that the state’s Family Court does not have jurisdiction to recognize a same-sex couple’s Massachusetts marriage for the purpose of granting them a divorce.

GLAD… Read More

Gill et al. v. Office of Personnel Management et al.

Pending

Update: On November 17, 2009,GLAD filed a motion in opposition to the government’s Motion to Dismiss, and filed a Motion for Summary Judgment in the case. Read more information here.

Update: GLAD filed… Read More

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