The precedential value of Baker was the subject of ongoing disputes in some other circuits. In the First Circuit, an October 2014 district court decision rejected a similar challenge to Puerto Rico's ban on same-sex marriage and said the First Circuit had "expressly acknowledged–a mere two years ago–that Baker remains binding precedent" in Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services. There were also dissenting opinions from the U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Fourth and Tenth Circuits in 2014 that found Baker controlling. Obergefell v. Hodges On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled Baker in Obergefell v. Hodges. In that decision, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote: Plaintiffs During the pendency of the case, the plaintiffs Michael McConnell and Jack Baker obtained a license in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, and returned to Minneapolis to be married on 3 September 1971 by a minister from the Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church . , both were retired and living as a couple in Minneapolis. In a 2016 interview, Baker revealed that some legal battles were still on-going. In 2018, Assistant Chief Judge Gregory Anderson ruled that "The marriage is declared to be in all respects valid." See also List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 409 List of LGBT-related cases in the United States Supreme Court Notes References External links Text of Baker v. Nelson from Minnesota Supreme Court (1971) Text of Baker v. Nelson from U.S. Supreme Court (1972) Baker and McConnell's jurisdictional statement filing with the U.S. Supreme Court Minnesota state case law 1972 in United States case law LGBT rights in Minnesota 1971 in Minnesota 1972 in LGBT history Overruled United States Supreme Court decisions United States same-sex union case law 1971 in LGBT history