June 18, 2014
A Pennsylvania county clerk on Wednesday asked the Third Circuit to allow her to intervene to seek an appeal of the recent decision striking down the state's ban on same-sex marriage, just hours after a federal judge denied her bid.
May 21, 2014
With federal courts in Pennsylvania and Oregon becoming the latest to strike down state gay marriage bans, attorneys say the decisions should prompt employers to review their bereavement, anti-discrimination and other employment policies to account for same-sex spouses.
May 21, 2014
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett announced Wednesday that he would not appeal a federal judge's decision to strike the state's ban on same-sex marriage, firmly establishing Pennsylvania as the 19th state in the country that gives gay and lesbian couples the right to wed.
May 05, 2014
Challengers to Pennsylvania's law barring same-sex marriage on Monday blasted arguments raised by Gov. Tom Corbett's administration in federal court claiming the nearly 20-year-old ban did not inflict any actual harm on plaintiffs in the case.
April 22, 2014
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's administration argued that the state's Legislature holds the right to prohibit same-sex marriage, when it joined plaintiffs Monday in pushing a federal judge to rule on the legal issues at stake rather than holding a trial.
April 21, 2014
Plaintiffs pushing a federal court challenge to Pennsylvania's ban on marriage for same-sex couples asked a judge to rule on the briefs instead of waiting for a trial scheduled for June, noting on Monday that the state did not oppose the move.
December 17, 2013
A Pennsylvania federal judge refused Tuesday to certify an interlocutory appeal to the Third Circuit to challenge his decision denying a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that sought to declare unconstitutional the state's ban on same-sex marriage.
December 11, 2013
Pennsylvania officials defending the state's gay marriage ban from a constitutional challenge asked a federal court Tuesday to ignore their opponents' jurisdiction arguments and allow an interlocutory appeal to the Third Circuit for review of whether the plaintiffs' claims fall under federal jurisdiction.
December 04, 2013
Plaintiffs challenging Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage said Monday that a bid by Gov. Tom Corbett's administration for an interlocutory appeal to the Third Circuit to determine whether claims in the lawsuit fell under federal jurisdiction would create needlessly delay.
November 26, 2013
Pennsylvania officials defending the state's gay marriage ban from a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality asked a federal court Monday to let them appeal the pending suit to the Third Circuit, saying the claims don't fall under federal jurisdiction.