TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 23, 2014

The U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic docket confirms that four same-sex marriage cases from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals – including one from Tennessee – have been distributed to the justices for consideration at their Jan. 9 conference, SCOTUSblog reports. While the court will not necessarily decide whether to hear the cases at that time, it is widely expected it ultimately will grant review of one or more of them, the blog indicates. Another case from Louisiana, which seeks to bypass consideration by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, also is ready for the justices’ consideration.