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INTEREST OF THE AMICI CURIAE 


 

This brief is submitted with the written consent of all parties pursuant to Rule 37.3(a).

 Amici  include technology, materials, airline, financial services, healthcare, medical technology, consumer products, apparel, and entertainment companies, hoteliers, restaurateurs, service providers, and retailers, ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 companies.

 

Amici  share a profound desire to attract and retain a talented workforce. Some of the states in which

amici  do business make marriage equally available to all of our employees and colleagues; others prohibit marriages between couples of the same sex and refuse to recognize existing same-sex marriages.


This dual regime burdens amici It creates legal uncertainty and imposes unnecessary costs and administrative complexities on employers, and requires differential employer treatment of employees who are similarly situated save for the state where they reside. State laws that prohibit or decline to recognize marriages between same-sex couples hamper employer efforts to recruit and retain the most


 Pursuant to Rule 37.6, counsel for amici certify that no counsel for any party had any role in authoring this brief in whole or in part, and that no person other than amici , their members, or their counsel made any monetary contribution in-tended to fund the preparation or submission of this brief. The parties have consented to the filing of this brief, and their letters of consent have been filed with the Clerk.



 

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talented workforce possible in those states. Our suc-successes depend upon the welfare and morale of all employees, without distinction. The burden imposed by inconsistent and discriminatory state laws of having to administer complicated schemes to account for differential treatment of similarly situated employees breeds unnecessary confusion, tension, and diminished employee morale.

 

Amici  submit this brief to advise the Court of the adverse impact on employers of these conflicting legal schemes.  Amici curiae are the following employers and organizations representing employers:


(These 379 Companies Filed This AMICI CURIAE  Brief With The US Supreme Court)



1 A.L. Nella & Company, LLP, CPAs  

2 A.T. Kearney  

3 Aardema Whitelaw, PLLC  

4 Acacia Home LLC

5 Accenture  

6 Aetna Inc.

7 Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.  

8 AJ Leo Electric and Solar  

9 Akamai Technologies, Inc.  

10 Alaska Airlines  

11 Alcoa Inc.  

12 Amazon Services Inc.

13 Amazon.com, Inc.  

14 American Airlines Group Inc.  

15 American Apparel

16 American Express Company

17 American International Group, Inc.

18 Aparicio-Mercado Law, L.C.

19 Apple Inc.  

20 AppNexus Inc.

21 Aramark  

22 Arbor Brewing Company, LLC  

23 Arnold & Porter LLP  

24 Aspen Skiing Company  

25 Assemble Sound LLC  

26 AT&T Inc.  

27 Atlas Cut Stone  

28 Atticus Circle

29 The Austin Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce  

30 Avanade Inc.


31 Bain & Company, Inc.

32 Bakehouse Art Complex

33 Baker & McKenzie LLP

34 Bank of America

35 The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

36 Barclays

37 Barnes & Noble, Inc.

38 bebe stores, inc.

39 Becton, Dickinson and Company

40 Belcampo Inc.

41 Ben & Jerry’s

42 Big Duck Studio, Inc.

43 Bigelow Villa LLC

44 Billy’s Farm

45 BlackRock, Inc.

46 Bloomberg L.P.

47 Blue Apron, Inc.

48 Blue Heron Ventures

49 Blue Moon Hotel / Winter Haven Hotel

50 Blume, Faulkner & Skeen, PLLC

51 Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

52 Boston Community Capital, Inc.

53 Boston Consulting Group

54 The Boston Foundation

55 Boston Medical Center Corporation

56 Boston Scientific Corporation

57 Brady Mills LLC

58 BrandQuery LLC

59 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

60 Broadcom Corporation

61 Brocade


62 Cablevision Systems Corporation

63 Capital One Financial Corporation

64 Captain Wendell’s Marine Services LLC

65 Cardinal Health, Inc.

66 Care Resource

67 CBS Corporation

68 CEB

69 Central Physical Therapy and Fitness, PSC

70 CGI

71 Charlotte Business Guild

72 The Chubb Corporation

73 CIGNA Corporation

74 Cisco Systems, Inc.

75 Citigroup Inc.

76 City Catering Company

77 City Lites Neon, Inc.

78 The City of Ann Arbor, Michigan

79 Civitas Public Affairs Group

80 Clean Yield Asset Management

81 CloudFlare, Inc.

82 CMIT Solutions of Seattle Downtown

83 The Coca-Cola Company

84 Cohen & Associates

85 Colgate-Palmolive Company

86 Columbia FunMap, Inc.

87 Comcast Corporation

88 The Computer Butler

89 ConAgra Foods, Inc.

90 The Corcoran Group

91 Corner Brewery, LLC

92 Corning Incorporated

93 Cox Enterprises, Inc.

94 Crazy Misfits Pet Services

95 Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

96 Cummins Inc.

97 Cupcake Royale

98 CVS Health Corporation


99 Dallas Voice

100 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.

101 Danaher Corporation

102 David J. Jarrett, P.C.

103 David Kosar Insurance Agency

104 David Mack Henderson Income Tax Preparation

105 DCI Group AZ, L.L.C.

106 Deloitte LLP

107 Delta Air Lines, Inc.

108 Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation

109 The Desert Business Association

110 Deutsche Bank AG

111 Diageo North America, Inc.

112 DIRECTV

113 DocuSign

114 Domini Social Investments LLC

115 The Dow Chemical Company

116 Dreamcatcher Arts and Publishing Ltd.

117 Dropbox, Inc.

118 DuPont

119 eBay Inc.

120 Edelman

121 Eldercare Consulting

122 Electronic Arts Inc.

123 EnduringHydro, LLC

124 Ernst & Young LLP

125 The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

126 Event Rents

127 Everything Real Estate LLC

128 Express Movers Inc.


129 Facebook, Inc.

130 Farella Braun + Martel, LLP

131 Fastsigns

132 Fenwick & West LLP

133 First Data Corporation

134 1st Security Bank

135 1stdibs.Com, Inc.

136 FIT Technologies

137 Flanery CPA

138 Full Court Press Communications


139 G.A.W., Inc.

140 The Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Nevada

141 General Electric Company

142 General Mills, Inc.

143 Gensler

144 Gilt Groupe Holdings, Inc.

145 GlaxoSmithKline LLC

146 Gleason & Associates Claims Services

147 Go Factory, Inc.

148 Goethel Engelhardt, PLLC

149 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

150 Google Inc.

151 Goulston & Storrs, P.C.

152 Great Officiants LLC

153 The Greater Connecticut Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

154 Greater San Diego Business Association

155 Greater Seattle Business Association

156 Greensulate

157 Grossman Marketing Group

158 Group Health Cooperative

159 Groupon

160 Growing Hope


161 Harrell Remodeling

162 The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

163 Healthline

164 Hewlett-Packard Company

165 Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.

166 Holdredge Wines

167 Homeward Pet Adoption Center

168 Horizon Air Industries, Inc.

169 House Packard LLC

170 HSBC


171 Ikard Wynne LLP

172 The Independence Business Alliance

173 The Inland Northwest Business Alliance

174 Insala, Ltd

175 Inspirato, LLC

176 Integrated Archive Systems, Inc.

177 Integrity Law Group

178 Intel Corporation

179 Intuit Inc.

180 INUS Group, LLC


181 Jackson Hole Group LLC

182 Jagod Designs

183 Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

184 Jenn T. Grace International LLC

185 Jennifer Brown Consulting

186 JetBlue Airways Corporation

187 The Jim Henson Company

188 Johnson & Johnson

189 Johnston, Kinney and Zulaica LLP

190 Jonathan L. Bowman, Attorney at Law, PS

191 JPMorgan Chase & Co.

192 Julian Chang Consulting, Inc.


193 kapchur.us photography

194 The Kathy A. Janssen Foundation

195 Kazan, McClain, Satterley, & Greenwood, PLC

196 Keir Jones Agency – State Farm

197 Keker & Van Nest LLP

198 KEO Marketing Inc.

199 Kimberly-Clark Corp.

200 Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, LLC

201 Kollmar Sheet Metal Works, Inc.

202 Kotzan Chiropractic

203 KPMG LLP


204 Lambda Business Association

205 Laparoscopic Institute for Gynecologic Oncology

206 Larson Marketing & Communications LLC

207 Laughton Properties

208 Law Offices of Joel L. Sogol

209 Law Office of Lisa E. Schuchman

210 Law Office of Lorie L. Burch, PC

211 Law Offices of Robin L. Bodiford, P.A.

212 The Law Office of Susan K. Fuller, PLLC

213 Levi Strauss & Co.

214 Liberty Burger

215 Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

216 Life & Love Celebrations

217 Link in the Chain Foundation, Inc.

218 Littler Mendelson, P.C.

219 LNT, Inc.

220 The Long Beach Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

221 Lori Karbal et al

222 Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge Trust, LLC

223 The Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce


224 Main Street Hair Shoppe Ltd.

225 Marriott International, Inc.

226 Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

227 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

228 McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

229 McKesson Corporation

230 McKinsey & Company, Inc.

231 Merca Property Management

232 The Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

233 Microsoft Corporation

234 The Mid-America Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

235 Miller & Olson, LLP

236 Miller Shelton Group, LLC

237 MillerCoors LLC

238 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

239 Mona Smith PLLC

240 Moody’s Corporation

241 Morgan Miller Plumbing

242 Morgan Stanley

243 MWW Public Relations


244 NAMI Dallas, Inc.

245 The Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce

246 The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce

247 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company

248 Neumann Capital Management, LLC

249 The New England Patriots

250 New Leaf Columbus

251 New York Life Insurance Company

252 Nifty Hoops, LLC

253 NIKE, Inc.

254 Nixon Peabody LLP

255 North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce

256 Northrop Grumman Corporation


257 OBOX Solutions

258 Office Depot, Inc.

259 The Ogilvy Group, Inc.

260 Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

261 ONE Community Media, LLC

262 1 Source Consulting Solutions

263 Oracle America, Inc.

264 Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.

265 Out & Equal Workplace Advocates

266 Outerwall Inc.


267 Pakmode Publications, LLC d/b/a Pakmode Media + Marketing

268 Pandora Media, Inc.

269 PATH

270 Peabody & Arnold LLP

271 Pepper Hamilton LLP

272 PepsiCo

273 Pfizer Inc.

274 Pixelligent Technologies LLC

275 Plexus Education Foundation

276 Plexus LGBT and Allied Chamber of Commerce

277 Portland Area Business Association

278 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

279 PrideFest

280 The PrintingWorks

281 Pro-Tec Data, Inc.

282 Procter & Gamble

283 ProTrials Research, Inc.

284 Prudential Financial, Inc.

285 Puma Spring Vineyards


286 Qualcomm Incorporated

287 Quorum

288 RAFI Architecture and Design

289 Rainbow Chamber of Commerce Silicon Valley

290 Ralph’s Regal Weddings

291 Ray Holley Communications

292 RBC Capital Markets, LLC

293 Replacements, Ltd.

294 Restaurant Management Concepts

295 Reverberate! Marketing Communications, Inc.

296 Rising Tide Brewing Company

297 RJR Photography

298 Robert H Stutz Jr CPA 

299 Rockwell Automation, Inc.

300 Rotella & Hernandez, LLC


301 The Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce

302 Sadek Bonahoom PLC

303 The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

304 The San Francisco Giants

305 The Seattle Lesbian, LLC

306 Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce

307 Sempra Energy

308 Seyfarth Shaw LLP

309 Shingles Roofing LLC

310 Sidetrack, Inc.

311 Simon, Schindler & Sandberg LLP

312 Skellenger Bender, P.S.

313 Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

314 Sleeves Up Productions, LLC

315 S ō w

316 Spectra Law PS

317 Spry Vision, Inc.

318 St. Jude Medical, Inc.

319 Staples, Inc.

320 Starbucks Corporation

321 Starrtek LLC

322 State Street Corporation

323 Steven Graves Insurance Agency

324 Stonewall Behavioral Health

325 Stonewall Columbus

326 Stuffed Cakes, LLC

327 Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Services Company, Inc.

328 SunDaily

329 Support.com, Inc.

330 Sweet Dixie Kitchen

331 Symantec Corporation


332 Taber Food Services, Inc. dba Hobee’s California Restaurants

333 The Tampa Bay Rays

334 Target Corporation

335 TD Bank, N.A.

336 TD Securities (USA) LLC

337 Tech Data Corporation

338 TestTracks

339 Thinking Cap Communications & Design

340 Third Point LLC

341 Thomson Reuters

342 Tiwary Entertainment Group LLC

343 TNT Promotions, LLC

344 TOCA Events, LLC

345 TravelOut, Inc.

346 Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria

347 Twitter, Inc.

348 206 Inc.

 

349 UBS AG

350 The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.

351 United Air Lines, Inc.

352 United Therapeutics Corporation

353 Uptown Physicians Group


354 VCB Consulting & Accounting Services

355 Verizon Communications Inc.  

356 Viacom Inc.  

357 Visa Inc.

358 VitaPerk

359 VMware, Inc.


360 W. M. Martin Advertising

361 W.W. Grainger, Inc.

362 W/S Development Associates LLC

363 Walsh Wellness Center

364 The Walt Disney Company

365 Wasserman Media Group

366 Wells Fargo & Company

367 Whey Natural! USA LLC

368 Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce

369 Witeck Communications, Inc.

370 The Workplace Equality Index

371 Wyndham Worldwide Corporation


372 Xerox Corporation

373 Xfund  


374 YES DESIGN GROUP  

375 Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority


376 Zausmer, Kaufman, August & Caldwell, P.C.

377 Zingerman’s Community of Businesses

378 ZoomSystems

379 Zynga Inc.