| Carrick v. Snyder | |
| Court: | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan |
| Full Name: | Neil Patrick Carrick, Plaintiffs v. Richard Snyder, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Michigan, Bill Schuette, in his official capacity as Michigan Attorney General |
| Docket: | 5:15-cv-10108 |
| Judge: | Judith Ellen Levy |
| Defendant: | Richard Snyder, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Michigan, Bill Schuette, in his official capacity as Michigan Attorney General |
| Keywords: | marriage license, cohabitation, polygamy, equal protection, freedom of religion |
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 polygamous wedding ceremonies.[1] [2]
The case lists the Michigan Governor Governor Rick Snyder and Attorney General Bill Schuette as defendants.
The Detroit minister Pastor Neil Patrick Carrick sued to invalidate Mich. Stat. ยง 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 Judith Ellen Levy under the case number 5:2015cv10108.
The case was dismissed with prejudice on February 10, 2016, for lack of standing.[3]