Inniss v. Aderhold
Lambda Legal’s federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of a widow and three same-sex couples challenging Georgia’s discriminatory marriage ban.
Lambda Legal filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on behalf of a widow and three same-sex couples challenging Georgia’s discriminatory marriage ban. In the lawsuit, Lambda Legal, joined by pro bono co-counsel from Bryan Cave and White & Case, argues that Georgia’s marriage ban unfairly discriminates against same-sex couples and sends a purposeful message that lesbians, gay men, and their children are second-class citizens who are undeserving of the legal sanction, respect, protections, and support that different-sex couples and their families are able to enjoy through marriage.
- April 22, 2014 Lambda Legal files putative class action in Georgia seeking access to marriage, and recognition of valid marriages entered in other jurisdictions by same-sex couples.
- January 2015 The district court denies the State’s motion to dismiss, allowing Lambda Legal’s case to proceed in court.
- October 2015 The district court enters judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, making clear that Georgia’s laws denying marriage to same-sex couples are unconstitutional and unenforceable.