Herbert v. Kitchen

Petition for certiorari denied on October 6, 2014

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
14-124	10th Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2014

Issue: Whether the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits a state from defining or recognizing marriage only as the legal union between a man and a woman.

SCOTUSblog Coverage

Utah couples support same-sex marriage review (Lyle Denniston, August 29, 2014)
Same-sex couples to support Court review on marriage (Lyle Denniston, August 7, 2014)
Same-sex marriage issue reaches the Court early (UPDATED) (Lyle Denniston, August 5, 2014)
Utah challenges "interim" same-sex marriages (UPDATED) (Lyle Denniston, July 18, 2014)
Utah same-sex marriage case on way to the Court (UPDATED) (Lyle Denniston, July 9, 2014)
Utah ban on same-sex marriage nullified (UPDATED) (Lyle Denniston, June 25, 2014)

Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
08/05/2014	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 4, 2014)
08/08/2014	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioners.
08/25/2014	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for respondents
08/28/2014	Brief of respondents Derek Kitchen, et al. in opposition filed.
09/04/2014	Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund, Inc. filed.
09/04/2014	Brief amici curiae of Twenty - One Utah Counties filed.
09/04/2014	Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
09/04/2014	Brief amici curiae of Eighty Utah State Legislators filed.
09/04/2014	Brief amici curiae of 35 Comparative Law Scholars filed.
09/04/2014	Brief amici curiae of Historians and American Leadership Fund filed.
09/04/2014	Brief amici curiae of Steven G. Calabresi, et al. filed.
09/04/2014	Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence filed. VIDED.
09/04/2014	Brief amici curiae of Thirty Companies Representing Employers filed.
09/04/2014	Brief amici curiae of Robert P. George, et al. filed.
09/04/2014	Brief amici curiae of The National Coalition of Black Pastors and Christian Leaders filed.
09/04/2014	Brief amici curiae of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al. filed.
09/04/2014	Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. filed.
09/04/2014	Brief amici curiae of The States of Colorado, et al. filed.
09/04/2014	Brief amici curiae of Colage, et al. filed.
09/04/2014	Brief amicus curiae of Judicial Watch, Inc. filed.
09/04/2014	Brief amicus curiae of Concerned Women for America filed.
09/04/2014	Brief amicus curiae of David Boyle filed.
09/04/2014	Motion for leave to intervene filed by Chris Sevier.
09/10/2014	Reply of petitioners Gary R. Herbert, Governor of Utah, et al. filed.
09/10/2014	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 29, 2014.
09/24/2014	Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of October 10, 2014.
10/06/2014	Petition DENIED.
10/14/2014	Motion for leave to intervene filed by Chris Sevier DENIED.