Pareto v. Ruvin
Pareto v. Ruvin is a challenge to Florida's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, filed Jan. 21, 2014, in Miami-Dade Circuit Court by the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) on behalf of Equality Florida Institute and six same-sex couples. The case was argued on July 2, 2014. On July 25, 2014, Circuit Judge Sarah Zabel overturned the ban in a ruling that applies to Miami-Dade County only; the decision was put on hold pending appeal.
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Almost 1,400 same-sex marriage licenses issued in Florida’s top 28 counties
Wednesday, January 7, 2015Almost 1,400 gay and lesbian couples were issued marriage licenses in 28 of Florida's most-populous counties in the two days since a ban on same-sex marriage was lifted. -
Florida judge lifts stay, same‑sex marriages begin in Miami‑Dade County
Monday, January 5, 2015Lesbian and gay couples were wed in Miami on Monday by the same judge who approved their marriage licenses, hours before Florida's coming-out party as the nation's 36th state where same-sex marriages are now legal statewide. -
Florida AG appeals same-sex marriage rulings in state, federal appeals courts
Tuesday, November 18, 2014TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has filed appeals in both state and federal appeals courts, seeking to overturn a number of rulings declaring Florida's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional by declaring that the trial… -
Same-sex marriage appeal won’t go directly to Florida Supreme Court
Sunday, October 26, 2014MIAMI -- A Florida appeals court has refused to allow Attorney General Pam Bondi take the state's same-sex marriage ban directly to the Florida Supreme Court. The 3rd District Court of Appeal on Friday indicated it… -
Florida AG now wants state Supreme Court to rule on same-sex marriage ban
Monday, October 13, 2014TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has repeatedly called it her duty to defend the state's ban on gay marriage, now wants the state's highest court to decide whether the constitutional amendment… -
Fla. court rejects Bondi’s request to delay same-sex marriage appeals
Thursday, August 28, 2014MIAMI -- A Miami-based appeals court has rejected Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi's request that two same-sex marriage cases be delayed until the U.S. Supreme Court decides the issue nationally. The 3rd District Court of Appeal… -
Same-sex marriage ban struck down for Miami area, ruling put on hold
Friday, July 25, 2014MIAMI -- A Florida judge on Friday overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage in a ruling that applies to Miami-Dade County, agreeing with a judge in another county who made a similar ruling last week.… -
Sides square off in court over Florida’s same-sex marriage ban
Wednesday, July 2, 2014MIAMI -- Attorneys for six same-sex couples, the state of Florida and proponents of so-called traditional marriage squared off Wednesday in a lawsuit seeking to overturn a ban on same-sex marriage enshrined in the state constitution… -
Miami court to hear challenge to Fla. same-sex marriage ban
Wednesday, July 2, 2014MIAMI -- Attorneys for six same-sex couples, the Equality Florida Institute and the state of Florida are squaring off at a hearing on a lawsuit challenging Florida's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Sarah… -
Former Fla. governor Charlie Crist files brief in support of marriage equality
Monday, June 30, 2014MIAMI -- Former Florida governor Charlie Crist on Friday filed an amicus brief in support of the marriage equality in a lawsuit challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriage. The suit, Pareto v. Ruvin, was filed…
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