LIVE webcast of Cote-Whitacre oral arguments b4 Massachusetts SJC . . .

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"SJC-09436
Cote-Whitacre v. Department of Public Health
Same-sex Marriage -- This case raises questions regarding the Massachusetts statutes forbidding issuance of a marriage license to non-resident, same-sex parties whose state of residence may not recognize same-sex marriages."
("The summaries of cases for oral argument were prepared by Marc G. Perlin, Associate Dean and Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School. The summaries are not an official part of the court proceedings, and are presented so that those who access the website will have a general understanding of the legal issues in the cases set for oral argument.")
http://www.suffolk.edu/sjc/summaries/summaries10062005.html


1.) Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), public docket (online) record: http://www.ma-appellatecourts.org/search_number.php?dno=SJC-09436 , e.g., "(oral argument on) Thursday, October 6th 2005, 9:00 AM, Attorney Batt (plaintiff/appellant for cities/towns) 10 min; Attorney Granda (plaintiff/appellant of G.L.A.D for gay couples) 10 min; Assistant Attorney General (defendant/appellee for Massachusetts) 20 min. Presiding: Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Sosman, Cordy, JJ. Courtroom One, Second Floor, John Adams Courthouse, One Pemberton Square, Boston, Massachusetts"

2.) Watch/listen to a LIVE webcast of the above oral arguments at that above date and time, here: http://www.suffolk.edu/sjc/ (apparently, Cote-Whitacre is first on the docket to be argued on that date and time . . . )

3.) The webcast of Cote-Whitacre (as well as SJC oral arguments of other cases) will be/are archived here: http://www.suffolk.edu/sjc/
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And, thank you, dwickham, for the reminder of the date of oral arguments in this case:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=221x17201
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1. . . . more on Cote-Whitacre . . .

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. . . and more again on Cote-Whitacre et al v. DPH et al (SJC #09436, oral arguments on Thursday, October 6, 2005)

1.) For those who missed the Cote-Whitacre oral argument (webcast) before the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), but still want to hear the oral argument in this case, Suffolk Law School/SJC have archived the live webcast here:
http://www.suffolk.edu/sjc/archive/2005/SJC_09436.html (scroll down) (streaming .asf format Windows® MediaPlayer® required)

2.) For those who want further information about the 1913 Massachusetts statute at issue in this case, together with an audio interview of one of the gay couples (from R.I.) that are a party to this Cote-Whitacre case, as well as an interview of the lawyer (Attorney Michele E. Granda, of G.L.A.D., for plaintiff/appellant) representing the gay couples, a local NPR radio station (WBUR-FM 90.9) did a story on Thursday, October 6, 2005, and the audio may be heard here:
http://www.wbur.org/news/2005/52342_20051006.asp (scroll down) (streaming .rm format RealPlayer® required, 26Kbps)

3.) For those requesting speculation as to the outcome of this case (and there have been several DUers PMing me), it's difficult to guess as to the legal outcome in this case despite favoring a party's legal argument as being on point in law. I've learned long ago as a lawyer never to assume the outcome of a case from the questions asked from the seven sitting Massachusetts SJC justices on the bench during oral arguments. Good news reporting won't speculate either! Note the word "good" in that last sentence. The better tactic is to wait patiently. And, when it comes to this case, I won't speculate as to a timeframe when the SJC opinion will come down.
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