Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Baker v. Nelson
409 U.S. 810
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1972-10-10
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- dismissing for want of a substantial federal question the appeal from Baker v. Nelson, 291 Minn. 310, 191 N.W.2d 185 (1971)
- dismissing for want of a substantial federal question an appeal from a ruling by the Supreme Court of Minnesota that a state law ban on same-sex marriage did not violate the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution
- see Defs.’ Mem. L14CV299 (Doc. 38) at 10
Citator
Baker v. Nelson is no longer good law, at least in part: overruled by Obergefell v. Hodges (2015). 112 later decisions cite it, 1 of them negatively.
- Authority status
- negative
- Cited by
- 112 opinions
- Negative treatment
- 1 citing opinion
Appeal from Sup. Ct. Minn, dismissed for want of substantial federal question.