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ELIZABETH KERRIGAN ET AL.
v
. COMMISSIONEROF PUBLIC HEALTH ET AL.(SC 17716)
Borden, Norcott, Katz, Palmer, Vertefeuille, Zarella and Harper, Js.*
Argued May 14, 2007—officially released October 28, 2008
Bennett C. Klein
, pro hac vice, with whom were
Kenneth J. Bartschi
and
Mary L. Bonauto
, pro hac vice, and, on the brief,
Karen L. Loewy
, pro hac vice,
Jennifer L. Levi
, pro hac vice, and
Karen L. Dowd
,
Maureen Murphy
and
Renee Redman
, for the appel-lants (plaintiffs).
Jane R. Rosenberg
, assistant attorney general, withwhom were
Robert W. Clark
and
Susan Quinn Cobb
,assistant attorneys general, and, on the brief,
Richard Blumenthal,
attorney general, for the appellees(named defendant).
Judith Ravel
, for the appellee (defendant DorothyBean, acting town clerk of the town of Madison).
Jennifer A. Osowiecki
filed a brief for ConnecticutClergy for Marriage Equality et al. as amici curiae.
Daniel J. Klau
filed a brief for Carlos Ball et al. asamici curiae.
Sheila A. Huddleston
,
Christopher R. Drury
,
Lee AnneDuval
and
KevinM.Roy
filedabriefforIanAyreset al. as amici curiae.
Noah B. Novogrodsky
,
Ben A. Solnit
and
Paul Gug- gina
filed a brief for the International Human RightsClinic of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law etal. as amici curiae.
Stuart D. Rosen
,
William C. Heuer
,
Meghan Freed Pelletier
,
Stuart F. Delery
,
Nora Freeman Engstrom
and
Benjamin C. Mizer
filed a brief for the Human
Rights Campaign et al. as amici curiae.
Sheila Horvitz
filed a brief for the Connecticut chap-ter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyersas amicus curiae.
Linda L. Morkan
and
Kori Termine Wisneski
fileda brief for the Lambda Legal Defense and EducationFund, Inc., as amicus curiae.
TimothyS.Fisher
,
CharlesD.Ray
and
BrianP.Rice
filedabriefforPeterW.Bardaglioetal.asamicicuriae.
LeslieI.Jennings-Lax
filedabriefforBarbaraAaronet al. as amici curiae.
Martin B.Margulies
,
EmanuelMargolis
,
Mary-Kate Smith
,
Jennifer Gerarda Brown
and
Suzanne B. Gold-berg
filedabrieffortheAmericanAssociationofUniver-sity Women in Connecticut et al. as amici curiae.
Paul M. Smith
,
William M. Hohengarten
,
Eric Berger
,
NathalieF.P.Gilfoyle
and
SandraRachelBaker
filedabrieffortheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationet al. as amici curiae.
Joseph Niglio
,
Paul R. Devin
,
Thomas Brejcha
and
Paul Benjamin Linton
filed a brief for the Knights of Columbus as amicus curiae.
Dwight G. Duncan
and
William T. Barrante
filed abrief for the Alliance for Marriage as amicus curiae.
Peter Wolfgang
filed a brief for John Coverdale et al.as amici curiae.
Michael K. Conway
filed a brief for James Q. Wilsonet al. as amici curiae.
Anthony R. Picarello, Jr.
,
Roger T. Severino
and
Howard M. Wood III
filed a brief for the Becket Fundfor Religious Liberty as amicus curiae.
Gregg Hannan
and
Monte N. Stewart
filed a brief for United Families Connecticut as amicus curiae.
Howard M. Wood III
filed a brief for Paul McHughet al. as amici curiae.
Vincent P. McCarthy
,
Laura Hernandez
and
Kris-tina J. Wenberg
filed a brief for the Family Institute of Connecticut as amicus curiae.
Mark W. Dost
filed a brief for the Connecticut Catho-lic Conference, Inc., as amicus curiae.
Hugh D. Hughes
,
Benjamin W. Bull
,
Glen Lavy
,
Christopher R. Stovall
and
Dale Schowengerdt
filed abrief for theFamily Research Council asamicus curiae.
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