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Massachusetts

Goodridge v. Department of Public Health


(documents in reverse chronological order)

FURTHER PROCEEDINGS

Largess v. Supreme Judicial Court of Mass. filed by Liberty Counsel
(federal suit alleges Goodridge decision violates guarantee clause in the U.S. Const.)

Appeals Court decision
June 29, 2004

Intervenors-Appellees Brief
May 28, 2004

Appellant's Brief
May 20, 2004

U.S. Supreme Court denial of Emergency Relief
May 13, 2004

U.S. Supreme Ct. Memo in Support of Emergency Relief
May 14, 2004

1st Cir. Order Denying Emergency Relief
May 13, 2004

Appellant's Memo in Support of Emergency Relief
May, 2004

District Court Decision
May 13, 2004

Memo in Support of TRO
May 11, 2004

Amended Complaint
May 11, 2004

Ray Flynn, former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican filed by ADF
(motion to vacate judgment for lack of subject matter jurisdiction denied)

Flynn Intervention Appeal
May 13, 2004

Flynn Motion to Dismiss
May 4, 2004

Flynn Motion to Intervene
May 4, 2004

Members of the General Court filed by ACLJ
(motion to vacate judgment for lack of subject matter jurisdiction denied)

Order
May 7, 2004

AG Opposition Friend of the Court Brief
May 3, 2004

Opposition Memo
May 3, 2004

Motion
April 27, 2004

C.J. Doyle of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts
(petition to extend stay denied)

Memorandum and Order
May 3, 2004

GLAD Brief in Opposition
April 23, 2004

Petition
April 20, 2004


SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

Opinion of the Justices to the Senate Feb. 3, 2004 (Findlaw)

Opinion Nov. 18, 2003


State's Amicus Briefs all filed on or about Dec. 20, 2001

Augdath Israel (26kb)

Catholic Action League (100kb)

Common Good Foundation (92kb)

Freemarket Foundation (58kb)

International Professors of Law (94kb)

Marriage Law Project (100kb)

Massachusetts Citizens for Marriage (52kb)

Massachusetts Family Institute (97kb)

Massachusetts Legislators'(99kb)

NARTH, et. al.(208kb)

National Legal Foundation (98kb)

Professors of Law and Jurisprudence (95kb)

Religious Coalition (127kb)

State Attorneys General: Utah, Nebraska, South Dakota (92kb)

Joseph Ureneck (38kb)


Goodridge's Amicus Briefs

Boston Bar Assoc. and Lesbian and Gay Bar Assoc.

Urban League et. al.

Professors of Expression and Con. Law

Professors of the History of Marriage, Families, and Law

Massachusetts Bar Association

Monroe Inker and Charles Kindregan

Professors of State Constitutional Law

Same Sex Parenting

International Law

Remedies

Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry et. al.


Party Briefs

Defendants'-Appellees' Brief (State) (4.16mb)

Plaintiffs'-Apellants' Brief (GLAD) (287kb)



COURT OF APPEALS

State's Motion for Direct Appellate Review May 8, 2002 (817kb)

Attachment to State DAR Motion May 8, 2002 (941kb)



TRIAL COURT

American Center for Law and Justice Amicus Dec. 2001 (71kb)

Massachusetts Family institute Amicus Dec. 14, 2001 (51kb)

Marriage Law Project Amicus Dec. 2001 (81kb)


Plaintiff's Reply Memorandum March 4, 2002 (137kb)

State's Motion for Summary Judgment December 19, 2001 (224kb)

Answer May 11, 2001 (424kb)

Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment April 11, 2001 (137kb)(temp. unavailable)

Complaint April 11, 2001 (69kb)

 
     
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