SEVCIK v. SANDOVAL

No. 2:12-cv-00578-RCJ-PAL.

911 F.Supp.2d 996 (2012)

Beverly SEVCIK et al., Plaintiffs, v. Brian SANDOVAL et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Nevada.

November 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carla Christofferson , Melanie Cristol , Dawn Sestito , Rahi Azizi , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Jon W. Davidson , Peter C. Renn , Shelbi Day , Tara Borelli , Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, Marek P. Bute , Kelly H. Dove , Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiffs.

C. Wayne Howle , Nevada Attorney General's Office, Carson City, NV, Michael L. Foley , Las Vegas, NV, for Defendants.


ORDER

ROBERT C. JONES, District Judge.

This case arises out of the refusal of the State of Nevada to permit same-sex couples to enter into civil marriages, as well as its refusal to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states as "marriages" under Nevada law. The question before the Court is not the wisdom of providing for or recognizing same-sex marriages as a matter of policy but whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment...

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