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  1. August 26, 2015

    Texas AG Seeks To Nix Contempt Hearing After Policy Change

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked a federal judge to forgo an "unprecedented" contempt hearing over the state's delay in reissuing a death certificate listing a deceased man's husband as his spouse, saying that the state is now in compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling legalizing gay marriage.

  2. August 12, 2015

    Texas Issues Vital Docs Guidelines After Contempt Threat

    A week after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was threatened with contempt for refusing to issue a death certificate listing a deceased man's husband as his spouse, the state recommended changes to its policy on altering birth and death certificates for same-sex couples in response to a court order.

  3. August 10, 2015

    Texas AG Avoids Contempt Bid Over Same-Sex Death Papers

    A San Antonio federal judge canceled a contempt hearing Monday targeting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a suit seeking to list the surviving husband on a man's death certificate, after the state agreed to issue new guidelines for death and birth certificates involving same-sex couples.

  4. August 07, 2015

    Texas AG Rips Contempt Fight As Gay Marriage Law Evolves

    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday asked a federal judge to reconsider a contempt hearing over the handling of reissuing a death certificate listing a deceased man's husband as his spouse, saying that the certificate was changed and that the issue of whether the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges is retroactive is unsettled.

  5. August 05, 2015

    Texas AG Faces Contempt Over Gay Man's Death Certificate

    A Texas federal judge on Wednesday ordered the state attorney general to a contempt hearing over the refusal to issue a death certificate listing a deceased man's husband as his spouse, saying the state's top legal adviser may have violated an order meant to require Texas to recognize same-sex marriage.

  6. December 12, 2014

    Texas Judge Won't Lift Gay Marriage Stay, Citing 5th Circ.

    The San Antonio judge who found Texas' same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional on Friday declined to lift a stay on the order pending appeal, finding that doing so before the Fifth Circuit comes to its decision could sow confusion throughout the state.

  7. March 14, 2014

    How They Won It: Akin Gump Defeats Texas Gay Marriage Ban

    Armed with a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling, lawyers with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP achieved a social and personal victory when they overcame Texas' same-sex marriage ban with a rapid assault in federal court that overwhelmed stiff conservative opposition and laid the foundation for advancing civil rights.

  8. February 26, 2014

    Texas Same-Sex Marriage Ban Struck Down

    A federal court in Texas on Wednesday found the state's same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, but left the prohibition in effect until an appellate court has a chance to decide the case.

  9. October 29, 2013

    Texas Couples Challenge Gay Marriage Ban

    In a lawsuit filed Monday in Texas federal court, two couples challenged the state's ban on same-sex marriage, calling it a "grave deprivation of constitutional rights" without a rational basis or compelling government purpose that infringes their basic rights.