Massachusetts New Yorker marriages ruling [Suffolk Superior Ct.] News
Massachusetts New Yorker marriages ruling [Suffolk Superior Ct.]

Sandra and Roberta Cote-Whitacre et al. v. Department of Public Health, Suffolk Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 10, 2007 [ruling that a 1913 Massachusetts statute which forbids recognition of Massachusetts marriages of couples who are "expressly prohibited" from marrying in their home states only bars same-sex Massachusetts marriages of New York couples made after the New York Court of Appeals upheld a ban on New York same-sex marriage on July 6, 2006]. Read the full text of the order [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Amsterdam Treaty signed, broadening scope of EU

On October 2, 1997, European Union delegates signed the Amsterdam Treaty, which broadened the scope of the international organization. It amended previous EU treaties to expand the power of the EU Parliament, start the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), and prepare for the influx of post-Communist countries in Eastern Europe.

Thurgood Marshall becomes first African-American Supreme Court justice

On October 2, 1967, civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American Supreme Court justice Learn more about Marshall and his career from the Library of Congress.