No. 14-556 In the Supreme Court of the United States ______________ JAMES OBERGEFELL, ET AL., Petitioners, v. RICHARD HODGES, Director, Ohio Department of Health, et al., Respondents. ______________ BRITTANI HENRY, ET AL., Petitioners, v. RICHARD HODGES, Director, Ohio Department of Health, et al., Respondents. ______________ On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ______________ BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE CHRIS KLUWE, BRENDON AYANBADEJO, and SCOTT FUJITA IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS ______________ TIMOTHY R. HOLBROOK JOHN A. DRAGSETH Associate Dean of Faculty Counsel of Record and Professor of Law Fish & Richardson P.C. Emory University School of Law 60 South 6th Street 1301 Clifton Road N.E. Suite 3200 Atlanta, GA 30322 Minneapolis, MN 55402 (202) 507-4500 (612) 335-5070
[email protected] Counsel for Amici Curiae 2015 − Bachman Legal Printing (612) 339-9518 1-800-715-3582 Fax (612) 337-8053 i TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ....................................... ii INTEREST OF THE AMICI CURIAE ....................... 1 The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same ................................................................. 4 The Law Always Has Always Protected The Rights of Those Most Attacked by the Majority .................................................................. 8 CONCLUSION .......................................................... 12 ii TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Page(s) CASES City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Cent., 473 U.S. 432 (1985)............................................