Whitewood et al v. Corbett et al

Filing 134

ORDER (memorandum filed previously as separate docket entry)- In conformity with the Memorandum Opinion issued on todays date, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 113) is GRANTED and Defendants Motion for Summary Ju dgment (Doc. 116) is DENIED. It is further ORDERED and DECLARED that Pennsylvanias Marriage Laws, 23 Pa. C.S. §§ 1102 and 1704, which prohibit same-sex marriage and treat as void the marriages of same-sex couples validly entered into in oth er jurisdictions VIOLATE the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and are therefore UNCONSTITUTIONAL. It is further ORDERED that the Defendants are PERMANENTLY ENJOINED from enforcing 23 Pa. C.S. § 1102 and 1704. (eo)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEB WHITEWOOD, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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MICHAEL WOLF, in his official
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capacity as Secretary, Pennsylvania :
Department of Health, et al.,
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Defendants.
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1:13-cv-1861

Hon. John E. Jones III

ORDER
May 20, 2014
In conformity with the Memorandum Opinion issued on today’s date, it is
hereby ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 113) is
GRANTED and Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. 116) is
DENIED.
It is further ORDERED and DECLARED that Pennsylvania’s Marriage
Laws, 23 Pa. C.S. §§ 1102 and 1704, which prohibit same-sex marriage and treat
as void the marriages of same-sex couples validly entered into in other
jurisdictions VIOLATE the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and are therefore
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.