No. 14-________ 

 

I

N

T

HE

 

 Supreme Court of the United States

GARY 

 

R.

 

HERBERT,

 IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS

G

OVERNOR OF

U

TAH

,

 AND

SEAN

 

D.

 

REYES,

 IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS

 A 

TTORNEY

G

ENERAL OF

U

TAH

,

 Petitioners

, v. DEREK 

 

KITCHEN,

 

MOUDI

 

SBEITY,

 

KAREN

 

 ARCHER,

 

KATE

 

CALL,

 

LAURIE

 

WOOD,

 AND

KODY 

 

PARTRIDGE,

 INDIVIDUALLY 

,

Respondents

.

 

On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

 

PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI

G

ENE

C.

 

S

CHAERR

 J

OHN

J.

 

B

URSCH

 

Counsel of Record

Special Asst. Attorneys General P

 ARKER

D

OUGLAS

 Utah Federal Solicitor S

TANFORD

E.

 

P

URSER

  Assistant Attorney General 350 North State St., Suite 230 Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 (801) 366-0260  jbursch@utah.gov

Counsel for Petitioners

 

 

i

QUESTION PRESENTED

Whether the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits a state from defining or recognizing marriage only as the legal union between a man and a woman.

 

ii

PARTIES TO THE PROCEEDING

Petitioners are Gary R. Herbert, in his official capacity as Governor of Utah, and Sean D. Reyes, in his official capacity as Attorney General of Utah. Respondents are Derek Kitchen, Moudi Sbeity, Karen Archer, Kate Call, Laurie Wood, and Kody Partridge. The only party to the proceeding not listed in the caption is defendant Sherrie Swensen, in her official capacity as Clerk of Salt Lake County, who did not appeal the district court ruling.