Adams v. Howerton

673 F.2d 1036 Richard Frank ADAMS and Anthony Corbett Sullivan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Joseph D. HOWERTON, Acting District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the United States Department of Justice, Defendant-Appellee. No. 80-5209. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 7, 1981. Decided Feb. 25, 1982. David M. Brown, Robert A. DePiano, Brown, Weston & Sarno, Beverly Hills, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Dzintra I. Janavs, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for defendant-appellee; Andrea Sheridan Ordin, U. S. Atty., Eva S. Halbreich, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before WALLACE and TANG, Circuit Judges, and TURRENTINE, * District Judge. WALLACE, Circuit Judge: 1 Adams, a male American citizen, and Sullivan, a male alien, appeal from the district court's entry of summary judgment for Howerton, Acting District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). The district court held that their homosexual marriage did not qualify Sullivan as Adams's spouse pursuant to section 201(b) of the…