Latta v. Otter
| Latta v. Otter | |
|---|---|
No. 14-35420 and 35421 | |
| Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Argued | September 8, 2014 |
| Case history | |
| Prior actions | U.S. Ninth Circuit
U.S. District of Idaho
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| Holding | |
| Idaho's ban on same-sex marriage violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. | |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Judges Stephen Reinhardt, Ronald M. Gould, Marsha Berzon |
| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Reinhardt, joined by Gould, Berzon |
| Keywords | |
| Marriage, Equal Protection, Same-sex marriage, Sexual Orientation | |
Latta v. Otter is a case initiated in 2013 in U.S. federal court by plaintiffs seeking to prevent the state of Idaho from enforcing its ban on same-sex marriage. The plaintiffs won in U.S. District Court. The case was appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which heard this together with two related cases–Jackson v. Abercrombie, and Sevcik v. Sandoval.
The Ninth Circuit heard oral argument on September 8 and affirmed the District Court's ruling on October 7. State officials requested and received an emergency stay of the Ninth Circuit's ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on October 8, which Justice Anthony Kennedy vacated on October 10, denying the requested stay.