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Obergefell v. Hodges
576 U.S. 644
Holding / constitutional rule
Held that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to civil marriage under the Fourteenth Amendment.
Why it matters
A major substantive-due-process and equal-protection decision governing state marriage laws.
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