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BOURKE v. BESHEAR

Civil Action No. 3:13-CV-750-H.

996 F.Supp.2d 542 (2014)

Gregory BOURKE, et al., Plaintiffs v. Steve BESHEAR, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Kentucky, at Louisville.

Opinion Continuing Stay March 19, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dawn R. Elliott, Fauver Law Office, Daniel J. Canon, Laura E. Landenwich, Leonard J. Dunman, IV, Louis Paz Winner, Clay Daniel Walton Adams PLC, Shannon Renee Fauver, Fauver Law Office, Louisville, KY, for Plaintiffs.

Brian Thomas Judy, Clay A. Barkley, Kentucky Attorney General — Civil & Environmental Law Div., Frankfort, KY, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN G. HEYBURN II, District Judge.

Four same-sex couples validly married outside Kentucky have challenged the constitutionality of Kentucky's constitutional and statutory provisions that exclude them from the state recognition and benefits of marriage available to similarly situated opposite-sex couples.

While Kentucky unquestionably has the power to regulate the recognition of civil marriages, those regulations must comply with...

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