Whitewood et al v. Corbett et al

  1. November 15, 2013

    Challenge To Pa. Gay Marriage Ban Beats Dismissal Bid

    The suit challenging Pennsylvania's law banning same-sex marriage cleared a major hurdle Friday, after a federal judge in Harrisburg ruled that significant changes in due process and equal protection jurisprudence in the last 40 years barred him from granting motions aimed at having the complaint dismissed.

  2. November 04, 2013

    Corbett Dismissed As Defendant In Pa. Gay Marriage Row

    A group of same-sex couples challenging a Pennsylvania law defining marriage as between one man and one woman agreed Friday to drop Gov. Tom Corbett as a defendant and to replace him with the head of the state's Department of Revenue in light of the tax implications at play.

  3. October 23, 2013

    Couples Blast Corbett's Dismissal Bid In Gay Marriage Row

    Plaintiffs challenging a Pennsylvania law banning same-sex marriage on Monday blasted a bid by Gov. Tom Corbett to dismiss their lawsuit by arguing that a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found that states had broad latitude to define marital relationships no longer had bearing on the dispute.

  4. October 07, 2013

    Gay Marriage Ban Offers No Federal Question, Pa. Gov. Says

    Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's administration urged a federal judge Monday to toss out a high-profile lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a 1996 state law banning same-sex marriage, arguing that U.S. Supreme Court precedent left the question of how to define marital relationships exclusively to the states.

  5. September 05, 2013

    Ex-Pa. Justice Tapped To Defend State's Gay Marriage Ban

    In the legal fight over Pennsylvania's same-sex marriage ban, Gov. Tom Corbett's Office of General Counsel announced Wednesday that it had tapped former state Supreme Court justice and Lamb McErlane PC Chairman William Lamb to defend the constitutionality of the law in federal court in Harrisburg.