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Watch Oral Arguments In 9th Circuit Marriage Cases

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September 8, 2014
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Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in Sevcik v. Sandoval, Lambda Legal’s lawsuit challenging Nevada’s discriminatory marriage ban. The court also heard a marriage case from Idaho (brought by Attorney Deborah Ferguson and our colleagues at the National Center for Lesbian Rights), and a case from Hawaii.

Watch the arguments from the Court in San Francisco here:

In Sevcik v. Sandoval, Lambda Legal, joined by pro bono co-counsel from O’Melveny & Myers LLP and Snell & Wilmer LLP, represents eight same-sex couples challenging Nevada’s law banning marriage for same-sex couples.