Person
Timothy S. Black
- Work
- Faculty member, Roxbury Latin School in Massachusetts, 1975-1977, and The Seven Hills Schools in Cincinnati, 1978-1982
Source: Black, Timothy Seymour
- Work
- Lawyer in private practice in Cincinnati, 1982-1993
Source: Black, Timothy Seymour
- Education
- Bachelor of arts, Harvard University, 1975
Sources: Black, Timothy Seymour · Timothy Black
- Education
- Law degree, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University, 1983
Sources: Black, Timothy Seymour · Timothy Black
Wikipedia · Federal Judicial Center biography
- Not yet researchedRaised, as filed
- Not yet researchedCash on hand
- no poll on fileLatest poll
- none on filePositions in their words
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- 4Offices held · Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, since 2022
5 of 11 sections researched
Not yet researched: Where they stand, What they have said, checked, Money, Financial interests, Polling and approval, Endorsements given.
What has been checked
- Profile 10 entries
- On the ballot 0 entries Not a candidate in any 2026 race held on this site. Checked: This site's 2026 race records; This site's 2026 ballot list
- Where they stand Not yet researched
- What they have said, checked Not yet researched
- Record in office 3 entries Three orders he issued as a U.S. district judge in the Ohio marriage-recognition cases his Wikipedia article describes, each read in the order itself on govinfo. The trial-court (Miscellaneous) section of the Supreme Court of Ohio Reporter of Decisions lists no municipal court opinion under his name. A sample, not a complete list.
- Money Not yet researched
- Financial interests Not yet researched
- Polling and approval Not yet researched
- Elections 2 entries His two Supreme Court general elections (2000 and 2002) are listed. His 1991 and 1993 Hamilton County Municipal Court races wait on race records this site does not hold.
- Endorsements given Not yet researched
- Sources 6 entries
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| Chamber | District | Note |
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| Statewide | All of Ohio | Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-1-2003) |
On the ballot
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Where they stand
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What they have said, checked
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Record in office
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
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| Black (D) | 1994 | office | Judge, Hamilton County Municipal Court |
| Black (D) | 2004 | office | U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio |
| Black (D) | 2010-05-13 | office | Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio |
| Black (D) | 2022-05-18 | office | Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio |
| Black (D) | 2013-07-22 | ruling | 2013-07-22 (ruling): Granted a temporary restraining order in Obergefell v. Kasich, No. 1:13-cv-501, directing the local Ohio registrar of death certificates not |
| Black (D) | 2013-12-23 | ruling | 2013-12-23 (ruling): Issued the final order in Obergefell v. Wymyslo, No. 1:13-cv-501, declaring that Ohio's constitutional and statutory bans on recognizing sam |
| Black (D) | 2014-04-14 | ruling | 2014-04-14 (ruling): Issued the U.S. District Court's order in Henry v. Himes, No. 1:14-cv-129, which held that Ohio's bans on recognizing same-sex marriages per |
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ruling April 14, 2014
Issued the U.S. District Court's order in Henry v. Himes, No. 1:14-cv-129, which held that Ohio's bans on recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states violate the Fourteenth Amendment, permanently enjoined their enforcement, and ordered birth certificates listing both parents for the plaintiffs' children.
Sources: Henry v. Himes, No. 1:14-cv-129: Order granting plaintiffs' motion for declaratory judgment and permanent injunction · Timothy Black
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ruling December 23, 2013
Issued the final order in Obergefell v. Wymyslo, No. 1:13-cv-501, declaring that Ohio's constitutional and statutory bans on recognizing same-sex marriages lawfully performed elsewhere violate the Fourteenth Amendment as applied to the plaintiffs, and permanently enjoining their enforcement against them, including on death certificates.
Sources: Obergefell v. Wymyslo, No. 1:13-cv-501: Final order granting plaintiffs' motion for declaratory judgment and permanent injunction · Timothy Black
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ruling July 22, 2013
Granted a temporary restraining order in Obergefell v. Kasich, No. 1:13-cv-501, directing the local Ohio registrar of death certificates not to accept a death certificate for one plaintiff that did not record him as married and his same-sex spouse as surviving spouse.
Sources: Obergefell v. Kasich, No. 1:13-cv-501: Order granting plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order · Timothy Black
Money
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Outside spending
Financial interests
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Polling and approval
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Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-1-2003) (2002) | Democratic | Lost | 1,276,497 | 42.8% |
| Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-1-2001) (2000) | Democratic | Lost | 1,869,060 | 48.1% |
Offices held
Judge, Hamilton County Municipal Court · 1994 to 2004 · elected
Sources: Black, Timothy Seymour · Timothy Black
U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio · 2004 to 2010-05-13 · appointed
Sources: Black, Timothy Seymour · Timothy Black
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio · 2010-05-13 to 2022-05-18 · appointed
Sources: Black, Timothy Seymour · Timothy Black
Senior Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio · 2022-05-18 to present
Sources: Black, Timothy Seymour · Timothy Black
Endorsements
Not yet researched
Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: Timothy Black · Ohio Supreme Court elections
Every URL on this page, once each.
- Black, Timothy Seymour · Federal Judicial Center · accessed 2026-09-25
- Timothy Black · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-25
- Henry v. Himes, No. 1:14-cv-129: Order granting plaintiffs' motion for declaratory judgment and permanent injunction · U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo), U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio · 2014-04-14 · accessed 2026-09-25
- Obergefell v. Wymyslo, No. 1:13-cv-501: Final order granting plaintiffs' motion for declaratory judgment and permanent injunction · U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo), U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio · 2013-12-23 · accessed 2026-09-25
- Obergefell v. Kasich, No. 1:13-cv-501: Order granting plaintiffs' motion for a temporary restraining order · U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo), U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio · 2013-07-22 · accessed 2026-09-25
- Ohio Supreme Court elections · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-25
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