DeBoer v. Snyder

DeBoer v. Snyder
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 28, 2015
Full case nameApril DeBoer, individually and as parent and next friend of N.D.-R, R.D.-R., and J.D.-R, minors, and Jayne Rowse, individually and as parent and next friend of N.D.-R, R.D.-R., and J.D.-R, minors, Plaintiffs-Petitioners
v.
Richard Snyder, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Michigan, Bill Schuette, in his official capacity as Michigan Attorney General, and Lisa Brown in her official capacity as Oakland County Clerk, Defendants-Respondents
Related casesBourke v. Beshear, Obergefell v. Hodges, Tanco v. Haslam, Love v. Beshear.
Case history
PriorDeBoer v. Snyder, 973 F. Supp. 2d 757 (E.D. Mich. 2014); reversed, 772 F.3d 388 (6th Cir. 2014); cert. granted, 135 S. Ct. 1040 (2015).
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV

DeBoer v. Snyder is a lawsuit that was filed by April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse on January 23, 2012, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, challenging Michigan's ban on adoption by same-sex couples so they can jointly adopt their children. In August 2012, Judge Bernard A. Friedman invited the couple to amend their suit to challenge the state's ban on same-sex marriage, "the underlying issue".[1] Following a hearing on October 16, 2013, Friedman scheduled a trial that ran from February 25 to March 7, 2014. On March 21, Judge Friedman issued his ruling overturning the ban.[2] On March 22, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit placed a temporary hold on Judge Friedman's ruling. The appeal was argued on August 6. On November 6, the Sixth Circuit reversed Judge Friedman and upheld Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage.[3]

The decision was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which, on January 16, 2015, consolidated this case with three others and agreed to review the case. Oral arguments were heard on April 28, 2015, and the Supreme Court struck down the state's same-sex marriage ban on June 26, 2015.[4][5]

  1. ^ Ferretti, Christine (August 29, 2012). "Judge Tells Couple to Consider Challenging State's Gay Marriage Ban". The Detroit News. Archived from the original on August 29, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
  2. ^ DeBoer v. Snyder, 973 F. Supp. 2d 757 (E.D. Mich. 2014).
  3. ^ DeBoer v. Snyder, 772 F.3d 388 (6th Cir. 2014).
  4. ^ Singh, Tejinder (April 28, 2015). ""Super-cuts" from same-sex marriage arguments". SCOTUSblog.
  5. ^ Gerstein, Josh (April 28, 2015). "The 8 most awkward moments in the Supreme Court's gay-marriage arguments". Politico.