Authority: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (USA)

Date: 09/04/2014

Subject: The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit stated the constitutional illegitimacy of the norms of Idaho, Nevada, (the first), Indiana and Wisconsin (the second), which prohibit same-sex marriages, confirming the decisions of the district courts of such States (with the exception of the case Sevcik vs Sandoval of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, whose decision has been reversed by the court of appeal).

Parties: Marilyn Rae Baskin, et al. v. Penny Bogan, et al., Virginia Wolf, et al. v. Scott Walker, et al.

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 9 Right to marry - Equality - Art. 20 Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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