FILE – In this Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015 file photo, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, right, talks with David Moore following her office’s refusal to issue marriage licenses at the Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead, Ky. Although her appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was denied, Davis still refuses to issue marriage licenses. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley) ROWAN COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — A federal judge has ruled in favor of two same-sex couples who claimed former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis violated their constitutional rights. U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning of the Eastern District of Kentucky granted summary judgment in a civil lawsuit that the two couples, David Ermold and David Moore, and James Yates and Will Smith, filed against Davis. The ruling settles whether their constitutional rights were violated without going to trial. It’s unclear, though, if Davis will be held liable for the thousands of dollars in legal fees accrued since 2015. Bunning denied Davis’s request for summary judgment on the question of damages. The plaintiffs are requesting compensatory and punitive damages, pre and post-judgment interest, costs, and attorneys’ fees. Shortly after the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court ruling granted same-sex couples the right […]
