<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Baker v. Nelson (1971) </Td> </Tr> <P> Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (2015) (/ ˈoʊbərɡəfɛl / OH - bər - gə - fel), is a landmark civil rights case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same - sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in a 5--4 decision . </P> <P> In November 2014, following a lengthy series of appeals court rulings from the Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits that state - level bans on same - sex marriage were unconstitutional, the Sixth Circuit ruled that it was bound by Baker v. Nelson and found such bans to be constitutional . This created a split between circuits and led to an almost inevitable Supreme Court review . </P>

The supreme court’s decision in obergefell v. hodges (2015) was significant because it
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