Justice Steven H. Levinson papers on same-sex marriage in Hawaiʻi

Collection

Identifier: MANUSCRIPT-M00071

Staff Only

Collection Abstract

Steven H. Levinson had a long legal career in Hawaiʻi, including a (nearly) 17-year stint as an Associate Justice of the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court from April 1992- December 2008. In 1993, Levinson wrote the opinion in the State Supreme Court case Baehr v. Lewin (later Baehr v. Miike), which opened the path for the ultimate legalization of same sex marriage in the state twenty years later, in 2013. After his judicial career, Levinson served as a member of the boards of directors of various Honolulu area non-profits, including Hawaiʻi United for Marriage, Equality Hawaiʻi, and the ACLU of Hawaiʻi.

Levinson's collection includes five folders of materials pertaining to same-sex marriage in Hawaiʻi and in the U.S., particularly in regards to Levinson's service on the State Supreme Court case Baehr v. Lewin (later Baehr v. Miike).

Dates

Creation: 1984 - 2014
Creation: Majority of material found within 1992 - 1998

Conditions Governing Use

Some of the materials in the collection--notably published items such as the clippings and the Book of Legal Lists--fall under the copyright of their publishers and/or authors. Researchers wishing to reproduce or otherwise use such materials in ways that would fall outside of the provisions of fair use would need to contact those copyright holders for permission.