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How They Won It: Akin Gump Defeats Texas Gay Marriage Ban

By Jeremy Heallen · March 14, 2014, 4:07 PM EDT

Armed with a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling, lawyers with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP achieved a social and personal victory when they overcame Texas' same-sex marriage ban with...

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Case Information

Case Title

DeLeon et al v. Perry et al

Case Number

5:13-cv-00982

Court

Texas Western

Nature of Suit

Civil Rights: Other

Date Filed

October 28, 2013

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