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BISHOP v. U.S. EX REL. HOLDER

No. 04-CV-848-TCK-TLW.

962 F.Supp.2d 1252 (2014)

Mary BISHOP, Sharon Baldwin, Susan Barton, and Gay Phillips, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., in his official capacity as Attorney General of the United States of America; and Sally Howe Smith, in her official capacity as Court Clerk for Tulsa County, State of Oklahoma, Defendants, Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives, Intervenor-Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Oklahoma.

January 14, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don G. Holladay, James E. Warner, Holladay & Chilton PLLC, Laura Lea Eakens, Jennings Cook & Teague PC, Oklahoma City, OK, Timothy P. Studebaker, Studebaker & Worley PLLC, Phillip Craig Bailey, P. Craig Bailey, Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiffs.

Austin R. Nimocks, Alliance Defense Fund, Judson Owen Littleton, W. Scott Simpson, Washington, DC, Brian W. Raum, James A. Campbell, Byron J. Babione, Holly L. Carmichael, Alliance Defending Freedom, Scottsdale, AZ, Dale Michael Schowengerdt, Alliance Defense Fund, Leawood, KS, John David Luton, Tulsa, OK, for Defendants.

Kerry W. Kircher, U.S. House of Representatives Office of General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Defendant.

OPINION AND ORDER

TERENCE C. KERN, District Judge.

This Order addresses challenges to state and federal laws relating to same-sex marriage. The Court holds that Oklahoma's constitutional amendment limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Court lacks jurisdiction over the other three challenges.

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