Tag Archives: Kim Davis

Bloomberg Law News reports: The full Sixth Circuit won’t take up an appeal by a former Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses after the US Supreme Court legalized it in 2015. The three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit determined that the issues Kim Davis raised in front of the court …

From the Liberty Counsel: Do Americans have equal rights, or do LGBTQ “rights” supersede everyone else’s rights? That’s a central question in the Kim Davis case. Liberty Counsel has filed with the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, asking the court for an “en banc” review of Kim Davis’ case, meaning that we are asking ALL the judges to weigh in …

Courthouse News reports: The Sixth Circuit ruled late Thursday to uphold an award of damages against former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis, who was sued after refusing to issue two gay men a marriage license. The three-judge panel unanimously rejected Davis’ arguments that she was immune to the lawsuit and upheld a jury award of $100,000 in emotional damages to …

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports: Lawyers for former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who garnered national attention nearly a decade ago when she refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, argued that Davis’ court-ordered payment to a couple to whom she denied a license should be tossed. Davis’ lawyers say she is not liable to pay more than $360,000 in …

Via email from hate group leader Mat Staver: Liberty Counsel filed its Opening Brief of an appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Ermold v. Davis requesting to overturn the jury verdict on behalf of former Rowan County Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis. In the case, Liberty Counsel argues for religious freedom with the goal to overturn the 2015 …

Via email from hate group leader Mat Staver: Liberty Counsel filed a notice of appeal with the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of former Rowan County Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis. This is the beginning of her journey to take this case to the U.S. Supreme Court, a case which will argue for religious freedom with the goal to …

Lexington’s Fox affiliate reports: A federal judge denied an appeal by former Rowan County clerk Kim Davis. Davis made national headlines when she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples while acting as Rowan County clerk in 2015. In September 2023, a federal jury decided Davis owed David Ermold and David Moore $50,000 each in damages. In October 2023, …

Via email from the Liberty Counsel: Liberty Counsel filed a reply brief this week in Ermold v. Davis to the U.S. District Court of Eastern Kentucky supporting its previous motion to reverse the jury verdict against former Rowan County Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis who was sued by two same-sex couples for not issuing them marriage licenses. The Ermold plaintiffs objected …

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports: A former Kentucky county official who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples must pay a total of $260,104 in fees and expenses to attorneys who represented one couple, a federal judge has ruled. That judgment against Kim Davis is in addition to a total of $100,000 in damages a jury said she should pay …

The Associated Press reports: A federal jury has awarded $100,000 to a Kentucky couple who sued former county clerk Kim Davis over her refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Davis, the former Rowan County clerk, drew international attention when she was briefly jailed in 2015 over her refusal, which she based on her belief that marriage should only …

Via email from hate group leader Mat Staver: Kim Davis never dreamed her public service would lead to federal prison. What landed Kim behind bars had roots in a deathbed discussion she had with her mother-in-law four years before. “I wasn’t a good woman, but I was a good mom,” says Kim of that earlier time in her life. She’d …

Via email from hate group leader Mat Staver: Liberty Counsel will request a rehearing en banc from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of former Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis, regarding her qualified immunity defense under the First Amendment and religious freedom rights in the cases of Ermold v. Davis and Yates v. Davis. The Sixth Circuit …

Law & Crime reports: Kim Davis, the former county clerk from Kentucky who refused to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples after marriage equality was the law of the land, does not have qualified immunity, a federal court of appeals ruled on Thursday. Davis violated the “clearly established” rights of two couples – David Ermold and David Moore; and James …

Via email from hate group leader Mat Staver: Liberty Counsel filed its opening brief in the appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of former Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis, who was denied the motion for summary judgment by U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning in the cases of Ermold v. Davis and Yates v. Davis. …

Via press release from hate group leader Mat Staver: Liberty Counsel has appealed to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of former Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis, who was denied the motion for summary judgment by U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning in the cases of Ermold v. Davis and Yates v. Davis. Liberty Counsel will argue …

Lexington’s CBS News affiliate reports: A federal judge has ruled that former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples when she denied them marriage licenses during the summer of 2015. In an order published Friday afternoon, United States District Judge David L. Bunning of the Eastern District of Kentucky granted summary judgment in a …

Reuters reports: The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that allowed a lawsuit to move forward against a Kentucky clerk who was jailed in 2015 after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The high court said Monday it would not take the case involving Kim Davis, the former clerk of Rowan County, and two same-sex couples …

Via email from hate group leader Mat Staver: On Friday, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued two opinions in the cases of Ermold v. Davis, Yates v. Davis, and Miller v. Davis. These cases center on whether the plaintiffs are entitled to attorney fees and/or damages, and, if so, whether the Commonwealth, Rowan County, or Kim Davis is liable …

Reuters reports: The Kentucky county clerk who in 2015 gained widespread attention for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples may be sued for damages by two of those couples, a federal appeals court ruled late on Friday. In a 3-0 decision, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati said Kim Davis can be sued in her …

The Lexington Courier-Journal reports: A federal appeals court upheld a ruling Friday requiring Kentucky to pay $224,000 in legal fees related to former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis’ refusal to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Davis was successfully sued by several couples in 2015 for refusing to follow the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling establishing a right to same-sex marriage. …