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OPINION AND ORDER TERENCE C. KERN, District Judge. This Order addresses challenges to state and federal laws relating to same-sex marriage. The Court holds that Oklahoma’s constitutional amendment limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Court lacks jurisdiction over the other three challenges.

PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ________________ Nos. 23-1664, 23-1665, 23-1666, 23-1667, 23-1668, 23-1669, 23-1670, 23-1671, 23-1672, 23-1673, 23-1674, 23-1675, 23-1676, 23-1677, 23-1678 & 23-1780 ________________ In re: BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA and DELAWARE BSA LLC, Debtors LUJAN CLAIMANTS

DAVIS, C.J., dissenting. (Filed July 17, 2002) “The right to dissent is the only thing that makes life tolerable for a judge of an appellate court.”1 As is evident from the numerous separate opinions I have authored this term, I find ever more frequently the need to exercise my right to dissent, and to urge my brethren to refrain from torturing the law of this s

McKAY, Circuit Judge. In these consolidated appeals, Relator-Appellant Jack Grynberg appeals the district court’s dismissal of a large number of coordinated qui tam cases Relator had brought against numerous natural gas pipelines and other companies involved in measuring natural gas produced from federal or Indian lands.1 The district court dismissed the cases for lack of subject matte

467 F.Supp.2d 642 (2006) Dean M. INMAN, Plaintiff, v. KLOCKNER-PENTAPLAST OF AMERICA, INC., and The Klöckner Pentaplast Group, and Klöckner Pentaplast Participations S.A.R.L., Defendants. Civil No. 3:06cv00011. United States District Court, W.D. Virginia, Charlottesville Division. December 28, 2006. *643 Robert Scott Oswald, Adam

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER JAMES O. BROWNING, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Defendants’ Motion for Qualified Immunity and Summary Judgment, filed June 7, 2016 (Doc. 34)(“MSJ”). The Court held a hearing on September 21, 2016. The primary issues are: (i) whether Defendants Rio Arri-ba County, Rio Arriba County Sheriffs Department, and Deputy Gilbert Atencio are ent

(2008) NEHEMIAH CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. Alphonso JACKSON, et al., Defendants. No. CIV. S-07-2056 LKK/DAD. United States District Court, E.D. California. March 3, 2008. ORDER LAWRENCE K. KARLTON, Senior District Judge. Plaintiff Nehemiah Corporation of America ("Nehemiah") has brought this action against the Department of

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS STEPHANIE M. ROSE, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION This is a case brought under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq. *656In all cases such as this, the threshold question is the same: whether the alleged fiduciary was acting

STEPHEN V. WILSON, District Judge. Daewoo Motor America, Inc. appeals a final judgment by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California in its adversary proceeding against Daewoo Motor Company, Ltd. For the reasons set forth below, the judgment of the bankruptcy court is AFFIRMED. I. INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND1 Daewoo Mot

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, No. 84661-2-I Respondent, DIVISION ONE v. PUBLISHED OPINION META PLATFORMS, INC., formerly doing business as FACEBOOK, INC., Appellant. DÍAZ, J. — “[A] well-informed electorate is as vital to the su

PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  Plaintiff, v. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, Defendant & Third Party Plaintiff- Appellant, v.  No. 02-2037 SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, as administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration; HEALTH CARE FINAN

APPEL, Justice (dissenting). Under article I, section 8 of the Iowa Constitution, can a police officer use a common minor traffic violation as an after-the-fact pretext to seize a vehicle and its passengers when the actual reason for the stop was constitutionally inadequate? Today's majority says yes. I say NO! I. Summary. History demonstrates that one of the fundamental purpos

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 17–0367 Filed June 28, 2019 STATE OF IOWA, Appellee, vs. SCOTTIZE DANYELLE BROWN, Appellant. Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, Nathan A. Callahan, District Associate Judge. The defendant challenges her conviction for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated under Iowa Code section 321J.2 (2017), arguing she was subjected to an

ROSS, Circuit Judge. Isaac Newton Burchinal, Jr., Russell Jack Kern and John Gerard were indicted on August 6, 1980, along with 11 other individuals. Count I of the indictment charged all 14 defendants with conspiring “to distribute, and possess with intent to distribute, marijuana, methaqualone and hashish,” in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. Each of the three ap

650 F.2d 293 208 U.S.App.D.C. 399, 6 Media L. Rep. 1909 UNITED STATES of Americav.Mary Sue HUBBARD et al., Appellants.UNITED STATES of Americav.Mary Sue HUBBARD et al.Church of Scientology of California, Appellant.CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, Appellant,v.UNITED STATES of America et al. Nos. 79-2312, 79-2313 and 79-2324. United

Ellen Lipton Hollander, United States District Judge The State of Maryland filed a declaratory and injunctive action, seeking, among other things, a declaration as to the constitutionality and enforceability of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. L. No. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119 (Mar. 23, 2010), as amended by t

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER re: FORFEITURE STEPHEN P. FRIOT, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Table of Contents I. Introduction... 881 A. The Criminal Charges.. .882 B. The Trials and Convictions... 883 C. The Moving Papers and Evidentiary Hearing.. .884 II. Authority for Forfeiture... 886 A

OPINION AND ORDER EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge. INDEX I. Preliminary Statement 77 II. The Plaintiffs’ Class Action Claims 80 A. The Equipment Tie-In Claim 80 B. The Supplier Tie-In Claim 81 C. The Sign Tie-In Claim 82 D. The Real Estate Tie-In Claim 82 E. The Advertising

Filed 7/30/26 Modified and Certified for Pub. 8/28/26 (order attached) IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION SEVEN CITY OF LOS ANGELES, B336981 c/w B340065 (Los Angeles County Super. Petitioner and Appellant; Ct. No. 22STCP03070) INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, L

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S APPEAL OF CLAIMS PURSUANT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT SHEILA K. OBERTO, United States Magistrate Judge. I. INTRODUCTION On July 6, 2012, Plaintiff John H. McKown IV (“Plaintiff’) filed his opening brief, pursuant to the Administrative Pro*1124cedure Act (“APA”), 5 U.S.C. §§ 701-06, in suppo