Aguero and Pangelinan v. Calvo and Garrido

Case Summary: 15-cv-00009

Mitchell F. Thompson and Randall Todd W. Thompson, appearing for the plaintiffs, Kathleen M. Aguero and Loretta M. Pangelinan.

Michael F. Phillips, appearing for the defendants, Eddie Baza Calvo, in his official capacity as Governor of Guam,and Carolyn Garrido in her official capacity as Registrar in the Office of Vital Statistics.

Plaintiffs are a same-sex couple, wishing to get married on Guam. However, the Government of Guam denied their marriage license application because, pursuant to statute, marriage licenses were only issued to opposite-sex couples. Plaintiffs sued, alleging violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. The court heard Plaintiffs motions for summary judgment and preliminary injunction on June 5, 2015. 

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