October 3, 2014

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In Hard v. Bentley, the challenge filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on behalf of a widower who lost his husband in a traffic accident and is seeking the state’s recognition of his legal marriage, we’ve noted before that the SPLC has filed its motion for summary judgment (the request for a ruling on the merits, based on the law, without a trial) in federal district court.

State officials and an intervenor have filed their briefs: the state opposes the motion for summary judgment filed by the SPLC, and has filed their own. The intervenor, Pat Fancher, who’s the mother of Paul Hard’s deceased husband and who opposes her son’s marriage, has filed her own motion for summary judgment.

State defendants’ MSJ:

2:13-cv-00922 #63 by Equality Case Files

State defendants’ memo in support of their MSJ and opposition to Hard’s MSJ:

2:13-cv-00922 #64 by Equality Case Files

Pat Fancher’s MSJ:

2:13-cv-00922 #65 by Equality Case Files

Thanks to Equality Case Files for these filings

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