| Wolf v. Walker | |
|---|---|
 No. 14-2526 | |
| Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit |
| Full case name | Virginia Wolf, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Scott Walker, et al., Defendants. |
| Argued | August 26, 2014 |
| Decided | September 4, 2014 |
| Citation | 766 F.3d 648 |
| Case history | |
| Prior actions | District Court (W.D. Wis)
June 13, 2014: Stay ordered, 2014 WL 2693963. June 6, 2014: Plaintiff same-sex couples' motion for declaratory and injunctive relief granted, 986 F. Supp. 2d 982. |
| Subsequent actions | U.S. Supreme Court October 6, 2014: Petition for writ of certiorari denied,[1] 2014 WL 4425163, 83 USLW 3102. |
| Related actions | Court of Appeals (7th Cir.) July 11, 2014: Consolidated for argument with Baskin v. Bogan, No. 14-2386. |
| Holding | |
| The district court's decision invalidating Wisconsin's same-sex marriage ban is affirmed. | |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Richard Posner, David Hamilton, Ann Claire Williams. |
| Keywords | |
| Same-sex marriage | |
Wolf v. Walker is a federal lawsuit filed in February 2014 that challenged Wisconsin's refusal to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples, its refusal to recognize same-sex marriages established in other jurisdictions, and related statutes. In June 2014, Judge Barbara Crabb of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin ruled for the plaintiffs. In the week before she stayed her decision, county clerks in 60 of the state's 72 counties issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples and some performed marriage ceremonies for them. The state appealed her decision to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which affirmed her opinion in a unanimous decision on September 4. The state requested a writ of certiorari from the U.S. Supreme Court, which was denied on October 6. Same-sex marriages resumed after the Seventh Circuit issued its mandate the next day.