Rolando v. Tim Fox in His Official Capacity of State, CV–14–40–GF–BMM.

23 F.Supp.3d 1227

Angela ROLANDO and Tonya Rolando; Chase Weinhandl and Benjamin Milano; Susan Hawthorne and Adel Johnson; and Shauna Goubeaux and Nicole Goubeaux, Plaintiffs,

v.Tim FOX in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of Montana; Michael Kadas, in his official capacity as the Director of the Montana Department of Revenue; and Faye McWilliams, in her official capacity as Clerk of Court of Cascade County, Defendants.

No. CV–14–40–GF–BMM.

United States District Court, D. Montana, Great Falls Division.

Signed Nov. 19, 2014

Motion granted.

Held Unconstitutional

Mont.Const. Art. 13, § 7; Mont. Code Ann 40–1–103, 40–1–401(1)(d).

Benjamin Joseph Alke, James H. Goetz, Goetz, Baldwin & Geddes, P.C., Bozeman, MT, James Park Taylor, ACLU of Montana, Missoula, MT, Ariel F. Ruiz, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY, Elizabeth O. Gill, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, San Francisco, CA, Emily F. Regier, Ruth N. Borenstein, Stuart C. Plunkett, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Mark W. Mattioli, Office of the Montana Attorney General, Jonathan W. Bennion, Montana Department of Justice, Helena, MT, for Defendants.

ORDER

BRIAN MORRIS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs challenge the Montana laws that ban the marriage of same-sex couples and ban the recognition of valid marriages of same-sex couples in other jurisdictions.

ORDER

Motions, Pleadings and Filings (Back to top)

• 2014 WL 6571370 (Trial Motion, Memorandum and Affidavit) Plaintiffs' Reply Brief in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment (Nov. 6, 2014) Original Image of this Document (PDF)

• 2014 WL 6571369 (Trial Motion, Memorandum and Affidavit) Plaintiffs' Brief in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment (Oct. 15, 2014) Original Image of this Document (PDF)

• 2014 WL 6571368 (Trial Filing) Plaintiffs' Preliminary Pretrial Statement (Aug. 13, 2014) Original Image of this Document (PDF)

• 2014 WL 2130306 (Trial Pleading) Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (May 21, 2014) Original Image of this Document (PDF)

• 4:14cv00040 (Docket) (May 21, 2014)