No. 14-278
In the Supreme Court of the United States
S
COTT
W
ALKER
,
ET AL
.,
Petitioners
,v. V
IRGINIA
W
OLF
,
ET AL
.,
Respondents.
On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the UnitedStates Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitRESPONDENTS’ BRIEF INSUPPORT OF CERTIORARI
S
TEVEN
R. S
HAPIRO
J
AMES
D. E
SSEKS
American Civil Liberties Un-ion Foundation125 Broad StreetNew York, NY 10004 (212) 549-2500
T
IMOTHY
S. B
ISHOP
H
ANS
J. G
ERMANN
F
RANK
M. D
ICKERSON
Mayer Brown LLP 71 South Wacker DriveChicago, IL 60606 (312) 782-0600
J
OHN
A.K
NIGHT
Counsel of Record American Civil Liberties Un-ion Foundation180 North MichiganChicago, IL 60601(312) 201-9740 jaknight@aclu.org
G
RETCHEN
H
ELFRICH
Loevy & Loevy312 North May StreetChicago, IL 60607 (312) 243-5900
Additional counsel listed on inside cover
R
EBECCA
M. K
LEIN
L
INDA
X. S
HI
Mayer Brown LLP 71 South Wacker DriveChicago, IL 60606 (312) 782-0600
L
AURENCE J
. D
UPUIS
American Civil Liberties Un-ion of Wisconsin Founda-tion207 E. Buffalo StreetMilwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 272-4032 Counsel for Respondents Virginia Wolf, et al.
i
QUESTIONS PRESENTED
1. Whether a state violates the Equal ProtectionClause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the UnitedStates Constitution when it treats same-sex and dif-ferent-sex couples unequally with respect to mar-riage.2. Whether a state violates the Due ProcessClause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the UnitedStates Constitution when it prohibits same-sex cou-ples from marrying and refuses to recognize same-sex couples’ lawful, out-of-state marriages.