Goodridge v. Department of Public Health

Decided November 18, 2003. Martha B. Sosman wrote the opinion for the court.

440 Mass. 309 · Cited 186 times

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• Perez v. Sharp · 32 Cal. 2d 711
• Baker v. State · 744 A.2d 864
• Baehr v. Lewin · 74 Haw. 530
• Moe v. Secretary of Administration & Finance · 417 N.E.2d 387
• Coffee-Rich, Inc. v. Commissioner of Public Health · 204 N.E.2d 281
• Baker v. Nelson · 191 N.W.2d 185
• Blixt v. Blixt · 437 Mass. 649
• Aime v. Commonwealth · 611 N.E.2d 204
• E.N.O. v. L.M.M. · 429 Mass. 824
• Lewis v. Lewis · 351 N.E.2d 526
• Adoption of Tammy · 619 N.E.2d 315
• Massachusetts Federation of Teachers v. Board of Education · 436 Mass. 763
• Lowell v. Kowalski · 405 N.E.2d 135
• Powers v. Wilkinson · 506 N.E.2d 842
• Feliciano v. Rosemar Silver Co. · 514 N.E.2d 1095
• Marcoux v. Attorney General · 375 N.E.2d 688
• Commonwealth v. Stowell · 449 N.E.2d 357
• Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz · 370 N.E.2d 417
• Paro v. Longwood Hospital · 369 N.E.2d 985
• Brophy v. New England Sinai Hospital, Inc. · 497 N.E.2d 626
• Commonwealth v. King · 372 N.E.2d 196
• In the Matter of Moe · 432 N.E.2d 712
• English v. New England Medical Center, Inc. · 541 N.E.2d 329
• Standhardt v. Superior Court · 77 P.3d 451
• Attorney General v. Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Ass'n · 393 N.E.2d 284

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• In Re Marriage Cases · 43 Cal. 4th 757
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• Schulman v. Attorney General · 447 Mass. 189
• Parker v. Hurley · 474 F. Supp. 2d 261
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• Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District · 466 Mass. 655
• Lockyer v. City and County of San Francisco · 95 P.3d 459
• Conaway v. Deane · 932 A.2d 571
• Darviris v. Petros · 442 Mass. 274
• State v. Carswell · 114 Ohio St. 3d 210
• Rebecca Allen v. Joseph William Allen · 66 Va. App. 586
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