Jackson v. Abercrombie

Jackson v. Abercrombie is a federal court challenge to Hawaii's ban on same-sex marriage, filed December 7, 2011, in U.S. District Court on behalf of a same-sex couple seeking the right to marry. Gov. Neil Abercrombie agreed with the plaintiffs that the ban violated the U.S. Constitution, but the state's Director of Health, Loretta Fuddy, was allowed to defend the ban. On August 8, 2012, U.S. District Court Judge Alan Kay rejected the plaintiffs' claims and upheld Hawaii's ban on same-sex marriage. The plaintiffs appealed Kay's ruling to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. A year later, marriage equality legislation passed in the Hawaii state legislature and was signed into law by Abercrombie. Same-sex couples began marrying in Hawaii on December 2, 2013. Despite same-sex marriage now being legal in Hawaii, the plaintiffs have not withdrawn their suit, and have pressed their appeal seeking to have Kay's ruling overturned.

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Two years after overturning Prop 8, gay marriage back before the Ninth Circuit

SAN FRANCISCO — For the first time since it declared California’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional, the federal appeals court in San Francisco is readying to hear arguments over same-sex weddings in a political and legal climate that’s vastly different than when it overturned Proposition 8 in 2012. State and federal court judges have been striking down bans in more than…

Monday, September 8, 2014

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Idaho, Nevada, Hawaii same-sex marriage cases go before appeals court

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Monday is set to consider same-sex marriage bans in Idaho, Nevada and Hawaii. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled two hours of arguments Monday on whether such bans should be struck down in Idaho and Nevada. Hawaii legalized same-sex marriage in December so that appeal may be dismissed. The appeals court…

Sunday, September 7, 2014

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Hawaii governor: State ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional

HONOLULU — Hawaii’s Governor Neil Abercrombie says that he believes the state’s law prohibiting same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, but his Attorney General’s office said it will continue to defend it in federal court.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

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Lesbian couple sues state of Hawaii over right to marry

A lesbian couple is suing the state of Hawaii in federal court over the state’s denial of same-sex marriage, claiming that the state’s refusal to issue them a marriage license violates their due process and equal protection rights guaranteed them by the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

Sunday, December 11, 2011