Adams v. Howerton
Adams v. Howerton, 673 F.2d 1036 (9th Cir. 1982), cert. denied, 458 U.S. 1111 (1982) is a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that held that the term "spouse" refers to an opposite-sex partner for the purposes of immigration law and that this definition met the standard at the time for rational basis review. It was the first U.S. lawsuit to seek recognition of a same-sex marriage by the federal government.
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Adams v. Howerton
Adams v. Howerton, 673 F.2d 1036 (9th Cir. 1982), cert. denied, 458 U.S. 1111 (1982) is a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that held that the term "spouse" refers to an opposite-sex partner for the purposes of immigration law and that this definition met the standard at the time for rational basis review. It was the first U.S. lawsuit to seek recognition of a same-sex marriage by the federal government.
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Adams v. Howerton, 673 F.2d 10 ...... age by the federal government.
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32,586,645
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731,337,755
date decided
1982-02-25
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Richard Frank Adams, et al., v. Joseph D. Howerton
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Adams v. Howerton
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Appeal from the C.D. Cal.
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U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari
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Adams v. Howerton, 673 F.2d 10 ...... age by the federal government.
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Adams v. Howerton
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