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Smith v. Bishop

Petition for certiorari denied on October 6, 2014
Docket No. Op. Below Argument Opinion Vote Author Term
14-136 10th Cir. N/A N/A N/A N/A OT 2014

Issue: Whether the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution forbid the State of Oklahoma from defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman.

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DateProceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
Aug 6 2014Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 5, 2014)
Aug 26 2014Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs in support of either party or neither party received from counsel for the respondents.
Aug 27 2014Brief of respondents Mary Bishop, and Sharon Baldwin filed.
Aug 28 2014Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or neither party, received from counsel for petitioner.
Sep 4 2014Brief amici curiae of The States of Colorado, et al. filed.
Sep 4 2014Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. filed.
Sep 4 2014Brief amici curiae of Colage, et al. filed.
Sep 4 2014Brief amici curiae of Thirty Companies Representing Employers filed.
Sep 4 2014Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. VIDED.
Sep 10 2014DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2014.
Sep 10 2014Reply of petitioner Sally Howe Smith, in Her Official Capacity as Court Clerk for Tulsa County, Oklahoma filed. (Distributed)
Oct 6 2014Petition DENIED.