McDermott v. Ige
Annotate this CaseAppellants - State Representative Bob McDermott, Garret Hashimoto, William E.K. Kumia, and David Langdon - filed suit to invalidate the Hawai’i Marriage Equality Act of 2013, which changed Hawaii’s definition of marriage so that same-sex couples could marry. The circuit court upheld the Act’s validity and granted summary judgment for Appellees - the Governor and the Director of the Department of Health. Appellants appealed, arguing that the 2013 Act was unconstitutional under Haw. Const. art. I, 23, which provides that the “legislature shall have the power to reserve marriage to opposite-sex couples.” The Supreme Court vacated the circuit court’s order and remanded with instructions to dismiss the case for want of jurisdiction, holding that Appellants lacked standing to bring this lawsuit, as moral or ideological disapproval to same-sex marriage does not constitute a legally cognizable injury sufficient to establish standing.
Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.