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Nos. 14-556, 14-562, 14-571, 14-574
 Supreme Court of the United States
No. 14-556
 J
 AMES
O
BERGEFELL
,
et al
., andB
RITTANI
H
ENRY 
,
et al
.,
 Petitioners,
—v.—R
ICHARD
H
ODGES
, Director, Ohio Department of Health,
et al.
,
 Respondents.
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Caption continued on inside cover 
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ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATESCOURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
BRIEF OF
 AMICI CURIAE
CARLOS A. BALL,DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF LAW, RUTGERSUNIVERSITY; ALFRED BROPHY, JUDGE JOHN J. PARKERDISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OFNORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW; JULIE NOVKOV,PROFESSOR AND CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF POLITICALSCIENCE, UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY, SUNY; SCOTT SKINNER-THOMPSON, ACTING ASSISTANTPROFESSOR, NYU SCHOOL OF LAW; RICHARD F.STORROW, PROFESSOR OF LAW, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS
d
P
 AUL
 J. H
 ALL
Counsel of Record
 J
EFF
D
E
G
ROOT
G
EORGE
G
IGOUNAS
 J
ESSE
M
EDLONG
DLA P
IPER
LLP (US)555 Mission Street, Suite 2400San Francisco, CA 94105-2933(415) 836-2500 paul.hall@dlapiper.com
 Attorneys for Amici Curiae
C
 ARLOS
 A. B
 ALL
 Distinguished Professor of Law
R
UTGERS
U
NIVERSITY 
S
CHOOL OF
L
 AW
123 Washington StreetNewark, NJ 07102
 
No. 14-562
 V 
 ALERI
T
 ANCO
,
et al
.,
 Petitioners,
—v.—B
ILL
H
 ASLAM
, Governor of Tennessee,
et al.
,
 Respondents.
No. 14-571
 A 
PRIL
D
E
B
OER
,
et al
.,
 Petitioners,
—v.—R
ICK 
S
NYDER
, Governor of Michigan,
et al.
,
 Respondents.
No. 14-574
G
REGORY 
B
OURKE
,
et al
., andT
IMOTHY 
L
OVE
,
et al
.,
 Petitioners,
—v.—S
TEVE
B
ESHEAR
, Governor of Kentucky,
et al.
,
 Respondents.
 
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64746DLA Piper
TCA -- Obergfell v. Hodges
3rd Proof3-5-15
INTEREST OF
 AMICI CURIAE 
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1SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT
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2 ARGUMENT
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4I.ANTIMISCEGENATION LAWS WEREJUSTIFIED BY PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC AND PSEUDOEMPIRICAL CLAIMS ABOUT SOCIAL AND CHILD WELFARE
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4II.LAWS PROHIBITING DISABLEDINDIVIDUALS FROM MARRYING WERE JUSTIFIED BY PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC ANDPSEUDOEMPIRICAL CLAIMS  ABOUT SOCIAL AND CHILD WELFARE
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13III.LEGAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINSTNONMARITAL CHILDREN WASJUSTIFIED BY PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC AND PSEUDOEMPIRICAL CLAIMS ABOUT SOCIAL AND CHILDWELFARE
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