No. 22-521

Jack Pidgeon, et al. v. Sylvester Turner, Mayor of the City of Houston, Texas, et al.

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2022-12-05
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-law due-process equal-protection family-code fourteenth-amendment marriage-recognition same-sex-marriage texas-constitution
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2023-01-20
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Texas Constitution article I, § 32 and Texas Family Code § 6.204 violate the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether Texas Constitution article I, § 32 prohibiting the state or political subdivision of the state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 2. Whether Texas Family Code § 6.204 prohibiting a state agency or political subdivision of a state from giving effect to a public act, record, or judicial proceeding that creates, recognizes, or validates a marriage between persons of the same sex or a civil union violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Docket Entries

2023-01-23
Petition DENIED
2023-01-23
Petition DENIED.
2023-01-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/20/2023.
2022-12-28
Waiver of right of respondents Sylvester Turner, et al. to respond filed.
2022-12-01

Attorneys

Jack Pidgeon, et al.
Jared Ryker WoodfillWoodfill Law Firm, PC, Petitioner
Sylvester Turner, et al.
Collyn A. PeddieCity of Houston Legal Department, Respondent