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Attorney asks S.D. judge to allow same-sex marriages immediately
A lawyer representing six South Dakota couples challenging the state’s ban on gay marriage has asked a judge who declared it unconstitutional to let her ruling take effect immediately and allow same-sex weddings in the state.
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Appeals court to hear South Dakota, Arkansas, Missouri gay marriage cases
A federal appeals court has agreed to hear arguments this spring from three more states defending their same-sex marriage bans.
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Attorney to challenge hold on South Dakota same-sex marriage ruling
An attorney for couples trying to overturn South Dakota’s ban on same-sex marriage says he plans to challenge the hold that a federal judge put on her ruling that the state’s ban on such unions was unconstitutional.
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Federal judge strikes down South Dakota same-sex marriage ban, ruling stayed
A federal judge in South Dakota has struck down that state’s ban on same-sex marriage. The ruling has been stayed pending a likely appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
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Both sides want judge to bypass trial, rule in South Dakota gay marriage case
PIERRE, S.D. — A federal judge presiding over a challenge to South Dakota’s gay marriage ban should bypass a trial and rule on the case, the state attorney general’s office argued Tuesday. The office joined six same-sex couples who are suing the state in petitioning for summary judgment in the case….
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Judge in South Dakota rejects motion to dismiss challenge to gay marriage ban
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota’s marriage equality lawsuit is moving forward after U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier on Friday rejected the State’s motion for the case to be dismissed.
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Judge hears arguments in challenge to South Dakota gay marriage ban
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A lawsuit challenging South Dakota’s ban on same-sex marriage should be dismissed because a regional appeals court already ruled on the issue eight years ago, a lawyer for the state argued Friday at the first hearing in the case.
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Hearing scheduled in challenge to South Dakota same-sex marriage ban
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The first motion hearing in the lawsuit challenging South Dakota’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage has been scheduled in Sioux Falls. Judge Karen Schreier has scheduled oral arguments for Oct. 17 on South Dakota’s request to dismiss the lawsuit brought by six same-sex couples in May.
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Attorney requests ruling in South Dakota same-sex marriage case
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The attorney representing the six same-sex couples challenging South Dakota’s gay marriage ban has asked a judge to bypass a trial and issue a ruling. Minneapolis-based attorney Joshua Newville filed the motion for summary judgment last week. In the same memorandum Newville included a response to the state’s motion to…
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Six South Dakota couples challenge state’s same-sex marriage ban
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -— Six couples filed a federal lawsuit Thursday seeking to block South Dakota’s gay marriage ban, leaving North Dakota as the only state in the country with an unchallenged law prohibiting same-sex weddings.