QUESTION PRESENTED:

Whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the State of California from defining marriage as the· union of a man and a woman.

Source

Merit Briefs

• Brief for Petitioners, Dennis Hollingsworth, et al
• Brief for Respondents, Kristin M. Perry
• Brief for Respondent, City and County of San Francisco
• Reply Brief for the Petitioner, Dennis Hollingsworth, et al

Amicus Briefs

• Brief for the American Civil Rights Union in Support of Hollingsworth and Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group Addressing the Merits and Supporting Reversal
• Brief for the American Psychological Association, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the California Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychoanalytic Association, the American Association for Marriage And Family Therapy, the National Association of Social Workers and its California Chapter, and the California Psychological Association in Support of Affirmance (Addressing the Merits)
• Brief for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty in Support of Hollingsworth and the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (Addressing The Merits) (Also Filed in 12-307)
• Brief for Catholics for the Common Good and the Marriage Law Project in Support of Petitioners
• Brief for Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for the Citizens United’s National Committee for Family, Faith and Prayer, Citizens United Foundation, U.S. Justice Foundation, Gun Owners Foundation, The Lincoln Institute for Research and Education, Public Advocate of the United States, Declaration Alliance, Western Center for Journalism, Institute on the Constitution, Abraham Lincoln Foundation for Public Policy Research, Inc., Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, English First, and Protect Marriage Maryland PAC in Support of Petitioners
• Brief for the Coalition of African American Pastors USA, the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, the Frederick Doublass Foundation, Inc., and Numerous Law Professors in Support of Petitioners and Supporting Reversal
• Brief for David Boyle in Support of Petitioners, on the Non-Jurisdictional Issues
• Brief for Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, Inc., in Support of Petitioners in Support of Reversal
• Brief for the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Support of Petitioners and Supporting Reversal or Vacatur
• Brief for Equality California in Support of Respondents
• Brief for the Family Research Council in Support of Petitioners Addressing the Merits and Supporting Reversal
• Brief for Foundation for Moral Law in Support of Petitioner
• Brief for GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality (Gay And Lesbian Medical Association) Concerning the Immutability of Sexual Orientation in Support of Affirmance (Addressing the Merits)
• Brief for David Benkof, Robert Oscar Lopez, and Doug Mainwaring in Support of Petitioners and Supporting Reversal
• Brief for Helen M. Alvaré in Support of Hollingsworth and Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group Supporting Reversal (Addressing the Merits) (Also Filed in 12-307
• Brief for the High Impact Leadership Coalition in Support of Petitioners
• Brief for International Jurists and Academics in Support of Petitioner Hollingsworth and Respondent Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group Addressing The Merits And Supporting Reversal (also filed in 12-307)
• Brief for Judicial Watch, Inc. and Allied Educational Foundation in Support of Petitioners
• Brief for Leon R. Kass, Harvey C. Mansfield and the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy in Support of Petitioners
• Brief of Liberty Counsel, Inc. and Campaign for Children and Families in Support of Petitioners
• Brief for the Lighted Candle Society in Support of Petitioners
• Brief for Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance in Support of Petitioners
• Brief for Matthew B. O’Brien in Support of Hollingsworth and Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives Addressing The Merits and Supporting Reversal (Also Filed in 12-307)
• Brief for Minnesota For Marriage in Support of Petitioners
• Brief for National Association of Evangelicals; The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention; the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod; the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America; the Romanian-American Evangelical Alliance of North America; and Truth In Action Ministries in Support of Petitioners
• Brief for Patrick Henry College in Support of Petitioners
• Brief for Professor Daniel N. Robinson, Ph.D. in Support of Petitioners and Supporting Reversal
• Brief for Scholars of History and Related Disciplines in Support of Petitioners
• Brief for the States of Indiana, Virginia, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin in Support of the Petitioners (Addressing the Merits)
• Brief for Social Science Professors in Support of Hollingsworth and Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group Addressing the Merits and Supporting Reversal (also filed in 12-307)
• Brief for the State Of Michigan in Support of Petitioners
• Brief for Thirty-Seven Scholars of Federalism and Judicial Restraint in Support of Petitioners
• Brief for the Thomas More Law Center and Chuck Storey, Imperial County Clerk, in Support of Petitioners (Addressing the Merits)
• Brief for United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Support of Petitioners and Supporting Reversal
• Brief for Utah Pride Center, Campaign for Southern Equality, Equality Federation and Twenty-Five State-Wide Equality Organizations (also filed in 12-307)
• Brief for Catholic Answers, Christian Legal Society, and Catholic Vote Education Fund in Support of Petitioner Hollingsworth and Respondent Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group and Supporting Reversal (Addressing the Merits) (also filed in 12-307)
• Brief for Coalition for the Protection of Marriage in Support of Hollingsworth and Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group Addressing the Merits and Supporting Reversal (also filed in 12-307)
• Brief for Dr. Paul Mchugh in Support of Hollingsworth and Bipartisan Legal Advocacy Group Addressing the Merits and Supporting Reversal (Also Filed in 12-307)
• Brief for Liberty, Life and Law Foundation and North Carolina Values Coalition in Support of Hollingsworth and Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group Addressing the Merits and Supporting Reversal (also filed in 12-307)
• Brief for Pacific Legal Foundation, Ward Connerly, Ron Unz, Glynn Custred, and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association in Support of Neither Party
• Brief for Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays in Support of Hollingsworth and Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives Addressing the Merits and Supporting Reversal (also filed in 12-307)
• Brief for Concerned Women for America in Support of Reversal (Addressing the Merits)
• Brief for Robert P. George, Sherif Girgis, and Ryan T. Anderson in Support of Hollingsworth and Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group Addressing the Merits and Supporting Reversal (also filed in 12-307)
• Brief for American Anthropological Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, California, and Robert M. Galatzer-Levy, M.D., in Support of Respondents and Affirmance, Addressing California Proposition 8’s Stigmatizing Effects
• Brief for Adoption and Child Welfare Advocates in Support of Respondents
• Brief for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Northern California Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists in Support of Respondents
• Brief for California Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez and Law Professors Concerned with Representative Democracy in Support of Respondents
• Brief for American Companies in Support of Respondents
• Brief for American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Oranizations and Change To Win in Support of Respondents and Suggesting Affirmance
• Brief for the American Humanist Association and American Atheists, Inc., American Ethical Union, the Center for Inquiry, Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers, Secular Coalition for America, Secular Student Alliance, and Society for Humanistic Judaism, in Support of Respondents (Addressing the Merits)
• Brief for the American Jewish Committee in Support of the Individual Respondents on the Merits (also filed in 12-307)
• Brief for American Sociological Association in Support of Respondent Kristin M. Perry and Respondent Edith Schlain Windsor (Also Filed in 12-307)

• Brief for Anti-Defamation League Et Al. in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, Et Al., in Support of Respondent
• Brief for Beverly Hills Bar Association, et al., in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the State of California, et al in Support of Respondents and Affirmance
• Brief for California Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez and Law Professors Concerned With Representative Democracy in Support of Respondents
• Brief for California Council of Churches, et-al in Support of Respondents and Urging Affirmance
• Brief for the California Teachers Association and the National Education Association in Support of Respondents
• Brief for California Professors of Family Law in Support of Respondents
• Brief for the Cato Institute and Constitutional Accountability Center in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Chris Kluwe and Brendon Ayanbadejo in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Columbia Law School Sexuality & Gender Law Clinic and the Society of American Law Teachers in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Constitutional Law and Civil Procedure Professors Erwin Chemerinsky and Arthur Miller in Support Of Plaintiffs-Respondents Urging Affirmance
• Brief for Dr. Maria Nieto in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Edward D. Stein, Joanna L. Grossman, Kerry Abrams, Holning Lau, Katharine B. Silbaugh and 32 Other Professors of Family Law and Constitutional Law in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Family Equality Council; Colage; Our Family Coalition; Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network; the Center on Children and Families; the Child Rights Project; and Sarah Gogin in Support of Respondents Perry, Stier, Katami, Zarrillo, City and County of San Francisco, and Edith Schlain Windsor, in her Capacity as Executor of the Estate of Thea Clara Spyer, Addressing The Merits And Supporting Affirmance (also filed in 12-307)
• Brief for Garden State Equality in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Gary J. Gates in Support of Respondents (On the Merits)
• Brief for Foreign and Comparative Law Experts Harold Hongju Koh, Sarah H. Cleveland, Laurence R. Helfer, and Ryan Goodman in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Hon. Judith S. Kaye (Ret.), Profs. Stephen Gillers, Charles G. Geyh, and James J. Alfini, and Mark I. Harrison in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Howard University School of Law Civil Rights Clinic in Support of Respondents (On The Merits)
• Brief for International Human Rights Advocates in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Jonathan Wallace, Meri Wallace and Duncan Pflaster in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Kenneth B. Mehlman in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Bar Associations and Public Interest and Legal Service Organizations in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Marriage Equality USA in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington in Support of Respondents
• Brief for National Center for Lesbian Rights in Support of Respondents
• Brief for the National Organization for Women Foundation and the Feminist Majority Foundation in Support of Respondents
• Brief for National Women’s Law Center, Williams Institute Scholars of Sexual Orientation and Gender Law, and Women’s Legal Groups in Support of Respondents (On The Merits)
• Brief for the Organization of American Historians and the American Studies Association in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Inc. in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Political Science Professors in Support of Respondents and Affirmance Addressing Political Power of Gay Men and Lesbians
• Brief for Rev. Rick Yramategui, Rev. Herb Schmidt, and Rev. Darrell W. Yeaney in Support of Respondents’ Position on the Merits
• Brief for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Support of Respondents
• Brief for the State of California in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Survivors of Sexual Orientation Change Therapies in Support of Respondents Kristin M. Perry, Et Al., and City and County of San Francisco, Urging Affirmance
• Brief for the United States in Support of the Respondents
• Brief for Walter Dellinger in Support of Respondents on the Issue of Standing
• Brief for William N. Eskridge Jr., Rebecca L. Brown, Daniel A. Farber, and Andrew Koppelman in Support of Respondents
• Brief for the Women’s Equal Rights Legal Defense and Education Fund on the Issue of the Special Interest of Women as a Gender in Support of Respondents
• Brief for Constitutional Law Scholars Bruce Ackerman, Ash Bhagwat, Lee Bollinger, Erwin Chemerinsky, Michael C. Dorf, Lee Epstein, Barry Friedman, John C. Jeffries, Jr., Lawrence Lessig, William Marshall, Frank Michelman, Jane S. Schacter, Suzanna Sherry, Geoffrey R. Stone, David Strauss, Laurence Tribe, And William Van Alstyne Addressing The Merits And Supporting Affirmance (also filed in 12-307)
• Brief for Matthew B. O’Brien in Support of Hollingsworth and Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives Addressing the Merits and Supporting Reversal (also filed in 12-307)
• Brief for Westboro Baptist Church in Support of Neither Party Suggesting Reversal