Carrick v. Snyder was a 2015 federal court case requesting that the plaintiff Rev.

The Detroit minister Pastor Neil Patrick Carrick sued to invalidate Mich. Stat.

§ 551.14, which provides, If a person authorized to solemnize marriages knowingly joins any persons in marriage contrary to the provisions of this chapter, he or she shall forfeit for each offense a sum not exceeding $500.00.

[3]The case was filed on January 12, 2015, in the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division.

It was assigned to District Judge Judith Ellen Levy under the case number 5:2015cv10108.