A federal appeals court will hear arguments in two combined cases against Virginia’s constitutional and statutory bans on marriage for same-sex couples.
A federal appeals court will hear arguments in two combined cases against Virginia’s constitutional and statutory bans on marriage for same-sex couples on May 13 at 9:30 am ET. The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Virginia, Lambda Legal, and the law firm Jenner and Block represent a class of all same-sex couples in Virginia, which was certified in a case called Harris v. Rainey, and that class is now part of the Bostic v. Schaefer case, which will be argued on Tuesday.
A federal judge struck down the ban in February in Bostic, which was brought by two couples in Norfolk who were represented by attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies. The ruling was stayed pending this appeal.
