Ramsay v. Dalrymple (ND)
Complaint filed on 6/6/2014; SCOTUS ruling issued 6/26/2015
On June 6, 2014, seven same-sex couples filed a federal lawsuit seeking the freedom to marry in North Dakota. The case challenged North Dakota’s laws prohibiting same-sex couples from marrying and refusing to respect the legal marriages of same-sex couples who married in other states. On July 22, 2014, the plaintiffs asked the United States District Court to declare the state’s ban on marriage equality unconstitutional. The seven couples filed a motion asking the court to rule that North Dakota’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples violated the equal protection and due process guarantees of the United States Constitution. On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in NCLR’s Tennessee marriage case and cases from three other states affirming the freedom to marry in every state and U.S. territory.
