Baehr v. Miike
Baehr v. Miike (originally Baehr v. Lewin) was a lawsuit in which three same-sex couples argued that Hawaii's prohibition of same-sex marriage violated the state constitution. Initiated in 1990, as the case moved through the state courts, the passage of an amendment to the state constitution in 1998 led to the dismissal of the case in 1999. Congressional Republicans used the possibility that the courts might invalidate Hawaii's marriage eligibility requirements, as appeared possible following the Supreme Court of Hawaii's 1993 decision in this case, as a reason for the enactment of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 1996. Dozens of statutes and constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions at the state level also followed Baehr.
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Baehr v. Miike
Baehr v. Miike (originally Baehr v. Lewin) was a lawsuit in which three same-sex couples argued that Hawaii's prohibition of same-sex marriage violated the state constitution. Initiated in 1990, as the case moved through the state courts, the passage of an amendment to the state constitution in 1998 led to the dismissal of the case in 1999. Congressional Republicans used the possibility that the courts might invalidate Hawaii's marriage eligibility requirements, as appeared possible following the Supreme Court of Hawaii's 1993 decision in this case, as a reason for the enactment of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 1996. Dozens of statutes and constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions at the state level also followed Baehr.
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Baehr v. Miike (originally Bae ...... ate level also followed Baehr.
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Baehr v. Miike est une décisio ...... dans le parlement de cet État.
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28,392,898
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citations
Supreme Court of Hawaii No. 20371
date decided
1999-12-09
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Lawrence H. Miike, in his offi ...... of Hawaii, Defendant-Appellant
Ninia Baehr, Genora Dancel, Ta ...... Mellilo, Plaintiffs-Appellees
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James S. Burns, Walter M. Heen, Robert G. Klein, Steven H. Levinson, Ronald Moon
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Same-sex marriage, Equal protection
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Baehr v. Miike
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Passage of a state constitutio ...... gment for defendant-appellant.
prior actions
Baehr v. Miike, Circuit Court for the First Circuit, Hawaii No. 91-1394
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Baehr v. Miike (originally Bae ...... ate level also followed Baehr.
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Baehr v. Miike est une décisio ...... se en dehors d'Hawaï dans d'au
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Baehr v. Miike
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Baehr v. Miike
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