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...That was a groundbreaking decision, but another legal milestone soon followed. Last Nov. 18, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for the state to restrict marriage to only opposite-sex couples...
...for his role in the dragging death of James Byrd Jr., but spared him the death penalty. In 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled, 4-3, that the state constitution guaranteed gay couples the right to marry. A judge in Modesto...
...Al Gore's lawyers defended the effort in papers filed with the state Supreme Court. In 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled, 4-3, that the state constitution guaranteed gay couples the right to marry. In 2004, former...
...time served, well below the recommended minimum for the charge. Her luck held through the appeal to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, which, while upholding the conviction, declined to lengthen the sentence and noted that the judge's...