Valeria Tanco, et al v. William Haslam, et al

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OPINION and JUDGMENT filed : The judgment of the district court is REVERSED. Decision for publication. Martha Craig Daughtrey (DISSENTING), Jeffrey S. Sutton (AUTHORING), and Deborah L. Cook, Circuit Judges.

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Case: 14-5297 Document: 145-1 Filed: 11/06/2014 Page: 1 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT Deborah S. Hunt Clerk 100 EAST FIFTH STREET, ROOM 540 POTTER STEWART U.S. COURTHOUSE CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202-3988 Filed: November 06, 2014 Ms. Christy L. Anderson Bryan Cave 1700 Lincoln Street Suite 4100 Denver, CO 80203 Mr. Byron Jeffords Babione Alliance Defending Freedom 15100 N. 90th Street Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Ms. Sara Bartel Morrison & Foerster 425 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94131 Mr. Joshua A. Block ACLU 125 Broad Street 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 Mr. Carmine D. Boccuzzi Jr. Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton One Liberty Plaza New York, NY 10006 Mr. Joseph Paul Bowser Arent Fox 1717 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 Ms. Martha A. Campbell Tel. (513) 564-7000 www.ca6.uscourts.gov Case: 14-5297 Document: 145-1 Office of the Attorney General of Tennessee P.O. Box 20207 Nashville, TN 37202 Mr. George David Carter Jr. Innovista Law 1200 18th Street, N.W. Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036 Mr. Hunter Thompson Carter Arent Fox 1675 Broadway New York, NY 10019 Ms. Barbara Jane Chisholm Altshuler Berzon 177 Post Street Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94108 Mr. David C. Codell National Center for Lesbian Rights 870 Market Street Suite 370 San Francisco, CA 94102 Mr. Phillip F. Cramer Sherrard & Roe 150 Third Avenue, S. Suite 1100 Nashville, TN 37201 Mr. Andrew John Davis Folger Levin 199 Freemont Street 20th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Ms. Deborah Jane Dewart Law Office 620 E. Sabiston Drive Swansboro, NC 28539 Ms. Felicia H. Ellsworth Filed: 11/06/2014 Page: 2 Case: 14-5297 Document: 145-1 Wilmer Hale 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109 Mr. John Lee Farringer Sherrard & Roe 150 Third Avenue, S. Suite 1100 Nashville, TN 37201 Mr. Mark Christopher Fleming Wilmer Hale 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109 Mr. Sean Robert Gallagher Polsinelli Shughart 1515 Wynkoop Street Suite 600 Denver, CO 80202 Ms. Marjory A. Gentry Arnold & Porter Three Embarcadero Center 10th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Ms. Suzanne B. Goldberg Columbia University School of Law 435 W. 116th Street New York, NY 10027 Ms. Marcia D. Greenberger National Women's Law Center 11 Dupont Circle, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 Mr. Jyotin R. Hamid Debevoise & Plimpton 919 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Mr. William L. Harbison Sherrard & Roe 150 Third Avenue, S. Filed: 11/06/2014 Page: 3 Case: 14-5297 Document: 145-1 Suite 1100 Nashville, TN 37201 Mr. J. Scott Hickman Sherrard & Roe 150 Third Avenue, S. Suite 1100 Nashville, TN 37201 Ms. Maureen T. Holland Holland & Associates 1429 Madison Avenue Memphis, TN 38104 Ms. Stephanie A. Joyce Arent Fox 1717 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 Ms. Regina Marie Lambert Law Office 7010 Stone Mill Road Knoxville, TN 37919 Mr. Daniel McNeel Lane Jr. Akin Gump 300 Convent Street Suite 1500 San Antonio, TX 78205 Mr. Christopher Dowden Man Chadbourne & Parke 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036-0000 Ms. Susan Baker Manning Bingham McCutchen 2020 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 Ms. Ria Tabacco Mar NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund 40 Rector Street Fifth Floor New York, NY 10006 Filed: 11/06/2014 Page: 4 Case: 14-5297 Document: 145-1 Ms. Emily J. Martin National Women's Law Center 11 Dupont Circle, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 Mr. Shannon Price Minter National Center for Lesbian Rights 870 Market Street Suite 370 San Francisco, CA 94102 Ms. Dina Bernick Mishra Wilmer Hale 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 Mr. Nicholas M. O'Donnell Sullivan & Worcester One Post Office Square Boston, MA 02109 Mr. Asaf Orr National Center for Lesbian Rights 870 Market Street Suite 370 San Francisco, CA 94102 Mr. Matthew Edwin Pepping Akin Gump 300 Convent Street Suite 1500 San Antonio, TX 78205 Ms. Nicole Susan Phillis Munger, Tolles & Olson 355 S. Grand Avenue 35th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071 Mr. P. Casey Pitts Altshuler Berzon 177 Post Street Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94108 Filed: 11/06/2014 Page: 5 Case: 14-5297 Document: 145-1 Mr. Eric C. Rassbach The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty 3000 K Street, N.W. Suite 220 Washington, DC 20007 Mr. Joseph Benjamin Rome Debevoise & Plimpton 919 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Mr. Jerome Cary Roth Munger, Tolles & Olson 560 Mission Street 27th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 Ms. Abby Rose Rubenfeld Rubenfeld & Associates 2409 Hillsboro Road Suite 200 Nashville, TN 37212-0000 Mr. Alan Evan Schoenfeld Wilmer Hale 250 Greenwich Street 7 World Trade Center New York, NY 10007 Mr. Benjamin G. Shatz Manatt, Phelps & Phillips 11355 W. Olympic Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90064 Mr. Paul March Smith Jenner & Block 1099 New York Avenue, N.W. Suite 900 Washington, DC 20001 Ms. Diane M. Soubly Stevenson Keppelman 444 S. Main Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104 Filed: 11/06/2014 Page: 6 Case: 14-5297 Document: 145-1 Mr. Kevin Gene Steiling Office of the Attorney General of Tennessee P.O. Box 20207 Second Floor Nashville, TN 37202 Ms. Catherine Emily Stetson Hogan Lovells 555 Thirteenth Street, N.W. Columbia Square Washington, DC 20004 Mr. Christopher F. Stoll National Center for Lesbian Rights 870 Market Street Suite 370 San Francisco, CA 94102 Mr. Chase Strangio ACLU 125 Broad Street 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 Mr. Jeffrey S. Trachtman Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 Mr. Rocky Chiu-feng Tsai Ropes & Gray Three Embarcadero Center San Francisco, CA 94111 Ms. Jessica Weisel Akin Gump 2029 Century Park, E. Suite 2400 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Mr. Joseph Frederick Whalen III Office of the Attorney General of Tennessee P.O. Box 20207 Nashville, TN 37202 Filed: 11/06/2014 Page: 7 Case: 14-5297 Document: 145-1 Filed: 11/06/2014 Page: 8 Ms. Amy Whelan National Center for Lesbian Rights 870 Market Street, Suite 370 San Francisco, CA 94102 Mr. Michael Louis Whitlock Bingham McCutchen 2020 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 Mr. Paul R.Q. Wolfson Wilmer Hale 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 Ms. Elizabeth B. Wydra Constitutional Accountability Center 1200 18th Street, N.W. Suite 501 Washington, DC 20036 Re: Case No. 14-5297, Valeria Tanco, et al v. William Haslam, et al Originating Case No. : 3:13-cv-01159 Dear Counsel, The court today announced its decision in the above-styled case. Enclosed is a copy of the court's opinion together with the judgment which has been entered in conformity with Rule 36, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Yours very truly, Deborah S. Hunt, Clerk Cathryn Lovely Deputy Clerk cc: Mr. Keith Throckmorton Enclosures Mandate to issue.

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