''Carrick v. Snyder'' was a 2015 federal court case requesting that the plaintiff Rev. Neil Patrick Carrick be allowed to perform marriage ceremonies that are currently prohibited, including same sex and

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wedding ceremonies. The case lists the

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Governor

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and Attorney General Bill Schuette as defendants. The

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minister Pastor Neil Patrick Carrick sued to invalidate Mich. Stat. § 551.14, which provides, The case was filed on January 12, 2015, in the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division. It was assigned to District Judge

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under the case number 5:2015cv10108. The case was dismissed with prejudice on February 10, 2016, for lack of standing.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092609/http://www.carrickvsnyder.info/ United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan cases Legal history of Michigan LGBT rights in Michigan 2015 in Michigan 2015 in United States case law United States same-sex marriage case law United States equal protection case law United States privacy case law United States substantive due process case law Polygamy law in the United States 2015 in LGBT history