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Stay issued by Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Nevada, Hawaii marriage...
By Scottie Thomaston Beverly Sevcik and Mary Baranovich (Attribution: Lambda Legal) — UPDATE 6/28 12:55PM ET: Edits were made to the initial version of this post reflecting the new briefing schedule....
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Nevada lawsuit tees up the Supreme Court’s next marriage equality decision
By Jacob Combs In a piece published this week, Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Steve Sibelius reminds readers that a lawsuit out of Nevada may be the next marriage equality case to make it all the...
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Update: Hawaii governor announces special session to take up marriage equality
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Governor Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii met last week with Democrats in the state house to discuss the possibility of calling for a special session to address marriage...
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Ninth Circuit grants request for 35-day extension to file opening briefs in...
Ninth Circuit Court of AppealsThe Ninth Circuit Court Appeals granted an extension of time to the plaintiffs challenging Hawaii’s anti-gay marriage ban yesterday, allowing opening briefs to be filed...
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Same-sex couples in Nevada argue that marriage ban is unconstitutional in...
Ninth Circuit Court of AppealsOn Friday, Lambda Legal filed their opening brief in Sevcik v. Sandoval, the challenge to Nevada’s same-sex marriage ban. The same-sex couples who are plaintiffs in the...
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Hawaii special legislative session begins today
Today, the Hawaii legislature will reconvene for a special session called by Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie to allow lawmakers to approve a marriage equality bill. And as the Honolulu...
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Hawaii state senate passes marriage equality bill
Yesterday, Hawaii’s state senate passed the marriage equality bill in a 20-4 vote. On Tuesday, the Hawaii Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee voted on the bill, passing it out of that committee by a...
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Time extensions sought at Ninth Circuit for filing briefs in Nevada, Hawaii...
The challenge to Hawaii’s same-sex marriage ban (Jackson v. Abercrombie) was appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals around the same time as the similar challenge in Nevada (Sevcik v....
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Ninth Circuit gives plaintiffs in Hawaii same-sex marriage case 21 days to...
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is giving the same-sex couples who filed a federal challenge to Hawaii’s same-sex marriage ban three weeks to either file a request to dismiss the case or tell the...
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Further delay for briefing in Nevada same-sex marriage appeal
Briefing in the challenge to Nevada’s same-sex marriage ban has been delayed further. The new request for delay came from the defendants, who haven’t yet filed a brief in the Ninth Circuit appeal. The...
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