The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a stay on U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon's ruling striking down Nebraska's ban on same-sex marriage. Same-sex nuptials were scheduled to begin Monday barring Eighth Circuit action.
The court will hear oral arguments in the case on May 12 alongside three other same-sex marriage cases from South Dakota, Arkansas, and Missouri.
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8thCirc issues stay pending appeal in #Nebraska marriage case, will hear w other appeals 5/12 http://t.co/mZxeEVUy2K @ACLUofNE @NE4Equality
— Equality Case Files (@EQCF) March 5, 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in four same-sex marriage cases challenging bans on same-sex marriage in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee on April 28.