Here Are The 379 Companies Urging The Supreme Court To Support Same-Sex Marriage
The Huffington Post | By Alexander C. Kaufman
Posted: 03/05/2015 10:34 am EST Updated: 03/05/2015 1:59 pm EST
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/05/marriage-equality-amicus_n_6808260.html
Big business has come out in favor of same-sex marriage.
Exactly 379 corporations and employer organizations urged the Supreme Court to strike down state bans on gay marriage, according to a friend-of-the-court brief obtained by The Huffington Post. The document was expected to be filed late Thursday morning.
“Employers are better served by a uniform marriage rule that gives equal dignity to employee relationships,” reads the brief, filed by global law firm Morgan Lewis. “Allowing same-sex couples to marry improves employee morale and productivity, reduces uncertainty, and removes the wasteful administrative burdens imposed by the current disparity of state law treatment.”
The list, provided in full below, includes corporate behemoths such as Coca-Cola Company, Goldman Sachs, Google and Morgan Stanley. It also includes brands like Ben & Jerry’s, a division of Unilever, and sports teams such as the New England Patriots, the San Francisco Giants and the Tampa Bay Rays.
Here is the full list of companies that have signed the amicus brief:
Companies with an asterisk listed after the name are represented by WG+R Law Group, a California-based law firm, rather than the Washington, D.C.-based Morgan Lewis.
A.L. Nella & Company, LLP, CPAs
A.T. Kearney
Aardema Whitelaw, PLLC
Acacia Home LLC*
Accenture
Aetna Inc.
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
AJ Leo Electric and Solar
Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Alaska Airlines
Alcoa Inc.
Amazon Services Inc. *
Amazon.com, Inc.
American Airlines Group Inc.
American Apparel*
American Express Company
American International Group, Inc.*
Aparicio-Mercado Law, L.C.*
Apple Inc.
AppNexus Inc.*
Aramark
Arbor Brewing Company, LLC
Arnold & Porter LLP
Aspen Skiing Company
Assemble Sound LLC
AT&T Inc.
Atlas Cut Stone
Atticus Circle
The Austin Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
Avanade Inc.
Bain & Company, Inc.*
Bakehouse Art Complex*
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Bank of America
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Barclays
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
bebe stores, inc.
Becton, Dickinson and Company
Belcampo Inc.
Ben & Jerry’s
Big Duck Studio, Inc.
Bigelow Villa LLC
Billy’s Farm*
BlackRock, Inc.
Bloomberg L.P.
Blue Apron, Inc.
Blue Heron Ventures
Blue Moon Hotel / Winter Haven Hotel*
Blume, Faulkner & Skeen, PLLC*
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*
Boston Community Capital, Inc.
Boston Consulting Group
The Boston Foundation*
Boston Medical Center Corporation*
Boston Scientific Corporation
Brady Mills LLC
BrandQuery LLC
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Broadcom Corporation
Brocade
Cablevision Systems Corporation
Capital One Financial Corporation
Captain Wendell’s Marine Services LLC
Cardinal Health, Inc.*
Care Resource
CBS Corporation
CEB
Central Physical Therapy and Fitness, PSC
CGI
Charlotte Business Guild
The Chubb Corporation
CIGNA Corporation
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Citigroup Inc.
City Catering Company
City Lites Neon, Inc.
The City of Ann Arbor, Michigan
Civitas Public Affairs Group
Clean Yield Asset Management
CloudFlare, Inc.
CMIT Solutions of Seattle Downtown
The Coca-Cola Company
Cohen & Associates
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Columbia FunMap, Inc. *
Comcast Corporation
The Computer Butler
ConAgra Foods, Inc.*
The Corcoran Group
Corner Brewery, LLC*
Corning Incorporated*
Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Crazy Misfits Pet Services
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
Cummins Inc.
Cupcake Royale*
CVS Health Corporation
Dallas Voice
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc.*
Danaher Corporation
David J. Jarrett, P.C.
David Kosar Insurance Agency
David Mack Henderson Income Tax Preparation
DCI Group AZ, L.L.C.*
Deloitte LLP
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation*
The Desert Business Association*
Deutsche Bank AG
Diageo North America, Inc.
DIRECTV
DocuSign
Domini Social Investments LLC
The Dow Chemical Company
Dreamcatcher Arts and Publishing Ltd. *
Dropbox, Inc.
DuPont
eBay Inc.
Edelman
Eldercare Consulting
Electronic Arts Inc.
EnduringHydro, LLC
Ernst & Young LLP
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Event Rents*
Everything Real Estate LLC
Express Movers Inc.
Facebook, Inc.
Farella Braun + Martel, LLP
Fastsigns*
Fenwick & West LLP
First Data Corporation*
1st Security Bank
1stdibs.Com, Inc.
FIT Technologies
Flanery CPA
Full Court Press Communications
G.A.W., Inc. *
The Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Nevada*
General Electric Company
General Mills, Inc.
Gensler
Gilt Groupe Holdings, Inc.
GlaxoSmithKline LLC
Gleason & Associates Claims Services
Go Factory, Inc.
Goethel Engelhardt, PLLC
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Google Inc.
Goulston & Storrs, P.C.*
Great Officiants LLC
The Greater Connecticut Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
Greater San Diego Business Association*
Greater Seattle Business Association
Greensulate
Grossman Marketing Group
Group Health Cooperative*
Groupon*
Growing Hope
Harrell Remodeling
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.*
Healthline
Hewlett-Packard Company
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.*
Holdredge Wines
Homeward Pet Adoption Center
Horizon Air Industries, Inc.
House Packard LLC
HSBC
Ikard Wynne LLP
The Independence Business Alliance
The Inland Northwest Business Alliance
Insala, Ltd
Inspirato, LLC
Integrated Archive Systems, Inc.
Integrity Law Group*
Intel Corporation
Intuit Inc.
INUS Group, LLC
Jackson Hole Group LLC
Jagod Designs
Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Jenn T. Grace International LLC
Jennifer Brown Consulting
JetBlue Airways Corporation
The Jim Henson Company
Johnson & Johnson
Johnston, Kinney and Zulaica LLP
Jonathan L. Bowman, Attorney at Law, PS
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Julian Chang Consulting, Inc.
kapchur.us photography
The Kathy A. Janssen Foundation
Kazan, McClain, Satterley, & Greenwood, PLC
Keir Jones Agency – State Farm
Keker & Van Nest LLP*
KEO Marketing Inc.
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, LLC
Kollmar Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
Kotzan Chiropractic*
KPMG LLP
Lambda Business Association
Laparoscopic Institute for Gynecologic Oncology
Larson Marketing & Communications LLC
Laughton Properties*
Law Offices of Joel L. Sogol
Law Office of Lisa E. Schuchman
Law Office of Lorie L. Burch, PC
Law Offices of Robin L. Bodiford, P.A.*
The Law Office of Susan K. Fuller, PLLC
Levi Strauss & Co.
Liberty Burger*
Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Life & Love Celebrations*
Link in the Chain Foundation, Inc.
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
LNT, Inc.
The Long Beach Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
Lori Karbal et al*
Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge Trust, LLC
The Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce*
Main Street Hair Shoppe Ltd.
Marriott International, Inc.
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.*
McKesson Corporation*
McKinsey & Company, Inc.*
Merca Property Management
The Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
Microsoft Corporation*
The Mid-America Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
Miller & Olson, LLP
Miller Shelton Group, LLC*
MillerCoors LLC
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Mona Smith PLLC
Moody’s Corporation
Morgan Miller Plumbing
Morgan Stanley
MWW Public Relations
NAMI Dallas, Inc. *
The Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce
The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
Neumann Capital Management, LLC
The New England Patriots
New Leaf Columbus
New York Life Insurance Company
Nifty Hoops, LLC
NIKE, Inc.*
Nixon Peabody LLP*
North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce*
Northrop Grumman Corporation
OBOX Solutions
Office Depot, Inc.
The Ogilvy Group, Inc.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
ONE Community Media, LLC
1 Source Consulting Solutions*
Oracle America, Inc.
Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.*
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
Outerwall Inc.
Pakmode Publications, LLC
d/b/a Pakmode Media + Marketing
Pandora Media, Inc.
PATH
Peabody & Arnold LLP*
Pepper Hamilton LLP
PepsiCo
Pfizer Inc.
Pixelligent Technologies LLC
Plexus Education Foundation
Plexus LGBT and Allied Chamber of Commerce
Portland Area Business Association*
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PrideFest
The PrintingWorks
Pro-Tec Data, Inc.
Procter & Gamble
ProTrials Research, Inc. *
Prudential Financial, Inc.
Puma Spring Vineyards
Qualcomm Incorporated
Quorum
RAFI Architecture and Design*
Rainbow Chamber of Commerce Silicon Valley
Ralph’s Regal Weddings
Ray Holley Communications*
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Replacements, Ltd. *
Restaurant Management Concepts
Reverberate! Marketing Communications, Inc.
Rising Tide Brewing Company*
RJR Photography
Robert H Stutz Jr CPA*
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Rotella & Hernandez, LLC
The Sacramento Rainbow Chamber of Commerce*
Sadek Bonahoom PLC
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
The San Francisco Giants
The Seattle Lesbian, LLC
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce*
Sempra Energy*
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Shingles Roofing LLC*
Sidetrack, Inc. *
Simon, Schindler & Sandberg LLP
Skellenger Bender, P.S.
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.*
Sleeves Up Productions, LLC*
Sōw
Spectra Law PS
Spry Vision, Inc.
St. Jude Medical, Inc.
Staples, Inc.*
Starbucks Corporation
Starrtek LLC*
State Street Corporation
Steven Graves Insurance Agency*
Stonewall Behavioral Health
Stonewall Columbus
Stuffed Cakes, LLC*
Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Services Company, Inc.
SunDaily
Support.com, Inc.
Sweet Dixie Kitchen*
Symantec Corporation
Taber Food Services, Inc.
dba Hobee’s California Restaurants
The Tampa Bay Rays
Target Corporation
TD Bank, N.A.
TD Securities (USA) LLC
Tech Data Corporation*
TestTracks
Thinking Cap Communications & Design
Third Point LLC
Thomson Reuters*
Tiwary Entertainment Group LLC
TNT Promotions, LLC*
TOCA Events, LLC*
TravelOut, Inc.
Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria
Twitter, Inc.
206 Inc. *
UBS AG
The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.
United Air Lines, Inc.
United Therapeutics Corporation
Uptown Physicians Group*
VCB Consulting & Accounting Services*
Verizon Communications Inc.
Viacom Inc.
Visa Inc.
VitaPerk*
VMware, Inc. *
W. M. Martin Advertising
W.W. Grainger, Inc.*
W/S Development Associates LLC*
Walsh Wellness Center*
The Walt Disney Company*
Wasserman Media Group
Wells Fargo & Company
Whey Natural! USA LLC
Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce
Witeck Communications, Inc.
The Workplace Equality Index
Wyndham Worldwide Corporation
Xerox Corporation
Xfund
YES DESIGN GROUP
Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority
Zausmer, Kaufman, August & Caldwell, P.C.
Zingerman’s Community of Businesses
ZoomSystems
Zynga Inc.