And both sets of U.S. plaintiffs' lawyers manufactured evidence, pressured witnesses, and employed other unscrupulous tactics in order to secure a huge judgment.
Also on Wednesday, two sets of plaintiffs who had won on the core issue in the 11th Circuit filed their own requests for Supreme Court review.
Based on the fact that the 27,000 suits cover about 47,000 sets of plaintiffs, the average plaintiff will receive just over $100,000 before legal fees and expenses, which usually swallow between 30 and 50percentt of payments to plaintiffs.
Referring to two sets of plaintiffs, a widower whose name was kept off his husband's death certificate and two women who want to marry both because of their love and to better protect four special-needs children whom they are raising together, Kennedy writes, "James Obergefell now asks whether Ohio can erase his marriage to John Arthur for all time.
People of color did play major roles in the events spanning the 2008 referendum to last year's US supreme court ruling, though you wouldn't know unless you watched to the very end of The Case Against 8: California attorney general Kamala Harris ordered marriages to begin immediately after the case was decided, and she and Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa married the two sets of plaintiffs.
Both sets of results could harm consumers.
Both sets of forecasts look optimistic.
Both sets of supporters will be excited.
