California Supreme Court same-sex marriage decision
Same-sex marriages would not diminish other persons' constitutional rights or impinge upon religious freedom of religious organizations or…
Benitez v. Brody
The case involves a clash between a physician's religious freedom right to refuse medical services and a patient's…
North Coast Women’s Care Medical Group v. Benitez
Religious freedom and free speech rights do not exempt a medical clinic's physicians from complying with the California…
Benitez v. North Coast Women’s Care Medical Group
A medical clinic's physicians cannot withhold fertility treatments to homosexuals based on religious beliefs, as this violates the…
City and County of San Francisco v. Horton
Consolidated case addressing Proposition 8's constitutional validity and effect on same-sex marriages.
Strauss et al. v. Horton
Court addressed whether Proposition 8 constitutes a revision or amendment to the California Constitution, violates separation of powers,…
Strauss v. Horton
Case addressing whether Proposition 8 constitutes a revision or amendment to the California Constitution and its effect on…
Christian Legal Society v. Martinez
It is not unconstitutional for a public institution to require a student group to allow any student to…
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado
A Colorado-based case involving religious objections to providing services for same-sex marriages with some speech implications.
Pederson v. Office of Personnel Management
Case from Connecticut challenging the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act.