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Date: 03-18-2022
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Case Number: 0:15-cv-00062-DLB-EBA
Judge: David Bunning
Court: United States District Court for the District of ( County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Rene Heinrich and William Stilz
Defendant's Attorney: Horatio G. Mihet, Mathew D. Staver, Roger K. Gannam, Anthony Charles Donahue
Description: Ashland, Kentucky civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on 1983 civil rights violation theories.
Kim Davis, the former county clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky refused to issue marriage licenses to two same sex couples.
Davis asserted qualified immunity as a defense against the Plaintiffs' claims.
Davis, a Republican, lost her bid for reelection in 2018. The Democrat Elwood Caudill Jr is now the county clerk.
Outcome: Judgment in favor of Plaintiffs on the basis that Davis " “cannot use her own constitutional rights as a shield to violate the constitutional rights of others while performing her duties as an elected official." Relying on the Obergefell v. Hodges decision by the Supreme Court in 2015.
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