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Court joins Indiana, Wisconsin gay marriage cases

By: Associated Press//July 14, 2014//

Court joins Indiana, Wisconsin gay marriage cases

By: Associated Press//July 14, 2014//

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Amy Sandler, right, and her wife, Niki Quasney, pose for a photo in Munster, Ind. Lambda Legal filed papers with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals asking the court on an emergency basis to recognize the marriage of Quasney and Sandler while the case proceeds, because Niki battles Stage IV ovarian cancer. The stay was issued last week and prevents further marriages of same-sex couples in Indiana until the appeals court issues its decision in Baskin v. Bogan, Lambda Legal's lawsuit seeking the freedom to marry for all Hoosiers. (AP Photo/Sun-Times Media, Jeffrey D. Nicholls)
Amy Sandler (right) and her wife, Niki Quasney, pose for a photo in Munster, Ind., in 2011. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has combined Indiana and Wisconsin’s gay marriage cases. (AP Photo/Sun-Times Media, Jeffrey D. Nicholls)

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal appeals court has combined Indiana and Wisconsin’s gay marriage cases and put them on the fast track.

The move Friday by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago comes a day after Wisconsin’s attorney general filed a notice of appeal of a federal judge’s ruling last month striking down that state’s ban on same-sex marriages. Two weeks ago, the 7th Circuit put on hold a federal judge’s ruling in Indiana striking down that state’s gay marriage ban.

The lawsuit in Wisconsin was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of eight same-sex couples. The 7th Circuit previously ordered an expedited schedule in Indiana’s case.

The court Friday ordered briefs to be filed by Aug. 4. Arguments will be scheduled by a separate court order.

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