Tag Archives: Seventh Circuit Court

Via the Associated Press: The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced Friday on its online docket that it has rescheduled oral arguments for both states’ appeals of federal court decisions for Aug. 26. Federal judges in Indiana and Wisconsin overturned each state’s gay marriage ban in separate rulings. When both states appealed, the 7th Circuit Court combined the cases …

Yesterday the Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in the Indiana marriage case that is due to be heard jointly with the Wisconsin case.  The brief hits all the usual hater points: Regnerus, AIDS, anal cancer, procreation. blah, etc, blah. Also filing briefs are the attorneys general of ten states and the United …

The arguments slated for August 13th have been canceled for undisclosed reasons. Strange.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday announced that it will hear arguments in the Indiana and Wisconsin marriage bans cases on August 13th. The scheduled arguments will come a week after the scheduled arguments in the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, where bans in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee are being challenged. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals already …

Via the Indianapolis Star: Indiana’s attorney general is asking for a review by the full federal appeals court of his appeal of an earlier ruling throwing out the state’s ban on same-sex marriages. Attorney General Greg Zoeller said in a news release Saturday that he is asking the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for a hearing before the full …

As he vowed to do last month, GOP Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen today filed an appeal with the Seventh Circuit Court, asking that the June 6th overturn of his state’s same-sex marriage ban be voided. The 7th Circuit last month ordered an expedited schedule in Indiana’s case, requiring parties to file all of their briefs on motions no …

Lambda Legal reports that the Indiana Attorney General tried to stop today’s ruling. Today, the day after Lambda Legal filed papers with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals asking the court on an emergency basis to lift its stay to allow respect for the marriage of one couple, Niki Quasney and Amy Sandler, because Niki is battling Stage IV ovarian …

Via Indianapolis’ ABC affiliate: The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion by Indiana’s attorney general to stay an earlier ruling overturning the state’s same-sex marriage ban, effectively halting the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses in the state. The court issued the stay just after 6 p.m. Friday following an emergency motion filed that afternoon by Indiana Attorney General …

As expected, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen today filed a same-sex marriage notice of appeal with the Seventh Circuit Court. Several county clerks in Wisconsin have been issuing marriage licenses since the ban was struck down on Friday by U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb, but other county clerks say they are waiting for clarification from the state. Van Hollen …