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1. Brinkman v. Long – Brinkman v. Long and its companion case, McDaniel-Miccio v. Hickenlooper, are the lead state court cases on same-sex marriage in Colorado. S. Brinkman and McDaniel-Miccio have been appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court, after being denied a marriage license, a lesbian couple filed a lawsuit on October 30,2013 in the Seventeenth Judicial District. The case, Brinkman v. Long, seeks to overturn the constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. The couple was joined on February 18,2014, by nine other same-sex couples who filed a lawsuit, McDaniel-Miccio v. Hickenlooper, also in state district court, four of the couples are raising children, and five of the couples have married in other states. The suit named Governor John Hickenlooper and Denver City Clerk Debra Johnson as defendants, Hickenlooper responded by noting Colorados support for civil unions. Johnson said she supported marriage rights for same-sex couples but was obligated to follow the law by denying marriage licenses. Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, a Republican, announced he would defend the states ban, Brinkman and McDaniel-Miccio were combined for argument in state district court. Written motions for summary judgment were submitted by May 2,2014, a court hearing was held on June 16,2014 in Adams County before state District Judge C. Scott Crabtree, who was reported to be skeptical about the states position. The judge stayed his ruling pending the outcome of appeals, Colorado District Judge Andrew Hartmans decision in Colorado ex rel. Suthers v. Hall provided legal cover for the Boulder County clerk to issue marriage licenses as a form of civil disobedience. After Hartmans decision was handed down, the Denver County and Pueblo County clerks began issuing licenses to couples regardless of gender as well, when asked to enjoin the Denver County clerk from issuing licenses to same-sex couples, Judge Crabtree refused to take action. On July 14,2014, Colorado Attorney General Suthers appealed Judge Crabtrees inaction to the Colorado Supreme Court. In a separate filing, and seeking a reversal of Judge Hartmans ruling, in a July 18,2014 unanimous order issued en banc, the Colorado Supreme Court rejected the attorney generals request for an emergency injunction—one which would have statewide effect. That rule grants the high power to issue a stay where the trial court … has failed to afford the relief which the applicant requested, Brinkman v. Colorado. On October 7, the Colorado Supreme Court lifted its injunction, LGBT rights in Colorado Recognition of same-sex unions in Colorado Same-sex marriage in Colorado Same-sex marriage in the United States