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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1981 Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

JAMES N. STRAWSER, et al., )

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Plaintiffs, )

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vs. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-0424-CG-C

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LUTHER STRANGE, in his official 

capacity as Attorney General for 

the State of Alabama, et al.,

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Defendants

AMENDED FINAL JUDGMENT

In accordance with the Orders entered granting Plaintiffs’ motion for 

permanent injunction and final judgment and granting Plaintiffs’ motion to alter or 

amend judgment it is ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that 

JUDGMENT is entered in favor of the named Plaintiffs and Plaintiff Class 

members.

It is ORDERED and DECLARED that ALA. CONST. art. I, § 36.03 (2006)

and ALA. CODE 1975 § 30-1-19 are unconstitutional because they violate the Due

Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of 

the United States Constitution. The Attorney General for the State of Alabama, 

Judge Don Davis, Judge Tim Russell and the members of the Defendant Class are

hereby ENJOINED from enforcing the Alabama laws that prohibit or fail to

recognize same-sex marriage. If the named Plaintiffs or any members of the

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Plaintiff Class take all steps that are required in the normal course of business as a

prerequisite to issuing a marriage license to opposite-sex couples, the Attorney 

General for the State of Alabama, Judge Don Davis, Judge Tim Russell and the 

members of the Defendant Class may not deny them a license on the ground that 

they are same-sex couples or because it is prohibited by the Sanctity of Marriage 

Amendment and the Alabama Marriage Protection Act or by any other Alabama 

law or Order, including any injunction or mandate issued by the Alabama Supreme 

Court pertaining to same-sex marriage. This injunction binds all the officers, 

agents, servants and employees, and others in active concert or participation with 

the Attorney General for the State of Alabama, Judge Don Davis, Judge Tim 

Russell or any of the members of the Defendant Class who would seek to enforce the 

marriage laws of Alabama that prohibit or fail to recognize same-sex marriage. 

DONE and ORDERED this 22nd day of August, 2016.

/s/ Callie V. S. Granade 

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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