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New Jersey Supreme Court Set to Hear Oral Arguments in Lambda Legal's Lawsuit Seeking Marriage for Same-Sex Couples

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January 6, 2006

(Trenton, New Jersey, January 6, 2006) — Lambda Legal’s case seeking marriage for same-sex couples in New Jersey is headed to the state’s high court just in time for Freedom to Marry Week.


“For a case seeking to end the government’s ban on marriage, it is fitting that we will be standing before the State’s highest court during the week of Lincoln’s Birthday, which reminds us of how important the principle of equality is to our nation and Valentine’s Day, which is about love,” said David Buckel, Marriage Project Director at Lambda Legal and lead attorney on the case. “The time is long overdue for over 16,000 same-sex couples throughout New Jersey to see the end of the discrimination that hurts their families. We look forward to the making our argument to the court.”


What: Oral Arguments in Lewis v. Harris, Lambda Legal’s lawsuit seeking marriage for same-sex couples in New Jersey.


When: February 15 at 10:00 a.m.


Where: New Jersey Supreme Court, Eighth Floor, Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, 25 Market St., Trenton.


Susan Sommer, Senior Counsel at Lambda Legal is also on the case. Lawrence S. Lustberg of Gibbons, DelDeo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, one of New Jersey’s largest and most prestigious law firms, is a cooperating attorney for Lambda Legal in this case.

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