Colorado v. Brinkman, Et Al., Colo Sup CT Case No. 2014SA212, Supreme Court Orders Denver & Adams County Clerk To Stop Issuing Marriage Licenses To Same Sex Couples
July 18, 2014: The Colorado Supreme Court issued an order today prohibiting the clerk and recorder of Denver and Adams County to stop issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. Order was made in response to AG Suthers' Emergency Injunction filed on July 14, 2014. The Court's order does NOT apply to any other county clerk issuing marriage licenses, including Boulder and Pueblo counties.
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Colorado v. Brinkman, et al., Colo Sup Ct Case No. 2014SA212, Supreme Court orders Denver & Adams County Clerk to stop issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples
July 18, 2014: The Colorado Supreme Court issued an order today prohibiting the clerk and recorder of Denver and Adams County to stop issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. Order was made in response to AG Suthers' Emergency Injunction filed on July 14, 2014. The Court's order does NOT apply to any other county clerk issuing marriage licenses, including Boulder and Pueblo counties.
Colorado v. Brinkman, Et Al., Colo Sup CT Case No. 2014SA212, Supreme Court Orders Denver & Adams County Clerk To Stop Issuing Marriage Licenses To Same Sex Couples
July 18, 2014: The Colorado Supreme Court issued an order today prohibiting the clerk and recorder of Denver and Adams County to stop issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples. Order was made in response to AG Suthers' Emergency Injunction filed on July 14, 2014. The Court's order does NOT apply to any other county clerk issuing marriage licenses, including Boulder and Pueblo counties.
Appeal fromthe District Court District Court, Adams County, 2013CV32572 (Consolidated with District Court, City and County of Denver, 2014CV30731) Plaintiffs-Appellees:
Rebecca Brinkman and Margaret Burd,
v.
Defendant-Appellant:
State of Colorado,
and
Defendant:
Karen Long, in her official capacity as Clerk and Recorder of Adams County,
and
Plaintiffs-Appellees:
G. Kristian McDaniel-Miccio and Nan McDaniel-Miccio, Sandra Abbott and Amy Smart, Wendy Alfredsen and Michelle Alfredsen, Kevin Bemis and Kyle Bemis, Tommy Craig and Joshua Wells, James Davis and Christopher Massey, Sara Knickerbocker and Jessica Ryann Peyton, Jodi Lupien and Kathleen Porter, and Tracey Macdermott and Heather Shockey,
v.
Defendant-Appellant:
Supreme Court Case No: 2014SA212 DATE FILED: July 18, 2014 CASE NUMBER: 2014SA212 State of Colorado,
and
Defendants:
John W. Hickenlooper, Jr. in his official capacity as Governor for the State of Colorado and Debra Johnson, in her official capacity as Clerk and Recorder for the City and County of Denver. ORDER OF COURT
Upon consideration of the Emergency Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal, the Adams County Plaintiffs-Appellees Objection to the States Emergency Motion For Injunctive Relief, Response In Opposition To Emergency Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal filed by the Denver County Plaintiffs and the Denver Clerk, the Jefferson County Clerk And Recorders, Douglas County Clerk And Recorders, La Plata County Clerk And Recorders, Arapahoe County Clerk And Recorders, And Mesa Countys Clerk And Recorders Amicus Brief in Relation to the Attorney Generals Emergency Motion For Injunction Pending Appeal, the Update to Notice of Appeal, Denver Plaintiffs/Appellees Response to the States Update to Notice of Appeal, the Request for Oral Argument on the States Motion for Emergency Injunctive Relief, and the Response to Motion for Oral Argument on States Motion for Emergency Injunctive Relief, and now being sufficiently advised in the premises,
IT IS ORDERED that said Request for Oral Argument on the States Motion for Emergency Injunctive Relief shall be, and the same hereby is, DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that in light of the stay entered by the Trial Court, Defendants Karen Long, in her official capacity as Clerk and Recorder of Adams County and Debra Johnson, in her official capacity as Clerk and Recorder for the City and County of Denver, are hereby stayed under C.A.R. 8 from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples pending resolution of this appeal.
Brinkman Et Al. v. Long, Consolidated Case No. 13CV32572, Consolidated Hearing Transcript Re Oral Argument On Challenge To Colorado's Same Sex Marriage Ban