Christopher C. Piazza is a Division 2 judge of the Arkansas Sixth Circuit. Contents. 1 Notable rulings. 1.1 Wright v. Arkansas; 1.2 Arkansas Department of Human...
When Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza in May tossed out the state ban without a stay in another case, Crane distributed the largest share of licenses to gay couples more than 300 of the 541 granted over a week until the state Supreme Court put Piazza's ruling on hold.
The ruling comes as the state Supreme Court weighs a separate case challenging the ban. Justices are weighing whether to uphold Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza's decision in May striking down the 2004 amendment and earlier state law as unconstitutional. Piazza's decision led to 541 same se
Date: Nov 25, 2014
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Federal judge hears arguments in same-sex marriage case
On May 9, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza ruled in a lawsuit filed in that court that Arkansas same-sex marriage ban violates the state and federal constitutions. The state Supreme Court stayed the ruling a week later, but in the meantime more than 500 same-sex couples obtained marriage l
state Supreme Court to find the ban constitutional, arguing the state's voters have a right to define marriage. The state is appealing Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza's May decision striking down a 2004 constitutional amendment and earlier law defining marriage as between a man and a woman.
The couples argued that a resolution lawmakers approved in June condemning Pulaski County Judge Chris Piazza's decision and urging justices to uphold the ban amounted to judicial intimidation. The couples asked that any justices who planned to seek re-election to the court not participate in the cas
Date: Aug 07, 2014
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Huge advances for gay marriage in an eventful year
A week passed before Judge Chris Piazza's ruling was stayed by the state Supreme Court, creating an opening in which more than 540 gay couples received marriage licenses the first batch of gay weddings in the former Confederacy.
little known outside of Arkansas made waves by overturning a state law that prevented gays and lesbians from adopting or fostering children. It was a harbinger of things to come. On May 9, that same jurist, Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Chris Piazza, struck down Arkansas' ban on gay marriages.
resolution objecting to a judge's decision striking down the ban failed before the Arkansas Legislative Council on a procedural vote Friday. The resolution would have urged justices to overturn Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza's ruling striking down all measures preventing gay couples from marrying.