Showing posts with label Polygamy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Polygamy. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Utah Supreme Court Says Order in Divorce Proceeding on Children's Religious Teaching Is Too Broad

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Kingston v. Kingston ,  (UT Sup. Ct., Dec. 22, 2022), is a challenge by Ryan Kingston to a trial court's order in a divorce proceeding t...
Friday, April 24, 2020

7th Circuit Dismisses Satanist's Challenge To Bigamy, Adultery and Fornication Laws

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In  Mayle v. State of Illinois , ( 7th Cir., April 23, 2020), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court's dismissal...
Thursday, June 28, 2018

Two FLDS Leaders Convicted of Polygamy In Canada

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AP reports that in the Canadian province of British Columbia, two leaders of the FLDS sect living in the border town of Bountiful have been...
Friday, May 11, 2018

Texas' Highest Criminal Court Upholds Law Punishing Sexual Assault By Polygamists More Harshly

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In Estes v. State of Texas ,  (TX Ct. Crim. App., May 9, 2018), the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, reversing the Court of Appeals, upheld ...
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Montana's Anti-Polygamy Laws Upheld

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In Collier v. Fox , (D MT, March 9, 2018), a Montana federal district court adopted a magistrate's recommendations and dismissed a chall...
Friday, November 03, 2017

Pakistan Court Fines and Jails Husband For Polygamous Marriage Without Wife's Consent

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According to  Deutsche Welle , for the first time a trial court in Pakistan has sided with the woman in a polygamy case.  A trial court in L...
Thursday, September 07, 2017

FLDS Leader Ordered To Pay $16M In Damages To Child Victim

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Utah state trial court judge Keith Kelly on Tuesday ordered Warren Jeffs (who is now in prison) and the polygamous FLDS church that he heads...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Canadian Court Convicts 2 FLDS Leaders of Polygamy

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In the Canadian province of British Columbia yesterday, a trial court found two former bishops of the FLDS Church guilty of polygamy.   The ...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

Utah Legislature Passes Changes to Polygamy Ban

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As reported by AP and CNN , the state legislature late last night gave last minute final passage to HB 99 ( full text ) amending the state&...
Monday, January 23, 2017

Supreme Court Denies Review In Challenge To Utah's Polygamy Laws

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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in Brown v. Buhman,  (Docket No. 16-333, cert. denied 1/23/2017). ( Order List ).  In the case, ...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Cert Petition Filed In "Sister Wives" Challenge To Polygamy Law

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A petition for certiorari ( full text ) was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday in Brown v. Buhman .  In the case, U.S. 10th Circuit...
Thursday, June 02, 2016

Third Canadian Special Prosecutor Can Bring Polygamy Charges Against FLDS Leader

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In  Blackmore v. British Columbia (Attorney General) , (BC CA, June 1, 2016), the British Columbia Court of Appeal upheld the appointment of...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

10th Circuit:Dismisses As Moot Challenge To Utah Polygamy Law

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In Brown v. Buhman ,  (10th Cir., April 11, 2016), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed on mootness grounds the constitutional c...
Friday, January 22, 2016

10th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In "Sister Wives" Challenge To Utah Polygamy Ban

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The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments in Brown v. Buhman,  a case in which a Utah federal district judge str...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Magistrate Holds Plaintiffs Lack Standing To Challenge Montana's Polygamy Ban

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In Collier v. Fox ,  (D MT, Dec. 8, 2015), a Montana federal magistrate judge recommended dismissing a lawsuit asserting a pre-enforcement c...
Friday, August 28, 2015

Suit Challenges Montana's Ban on Polygamy

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According to MTN News , a federal court lawsuit was filed yesterday challenging Montana's  ban on polygamous marriages.  Nathan and Vick...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

Brief In Polygamy Appeal Garners Attention

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In 2013 in Brown v. Buhman,  a Utah federal district court  struck down much of Utah's statute which criminalizes polygamy.  The decisio...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Burma's Parliament Passes Controversial Religious Conversion and Monogamy Laws

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According to Human Rights Watch , on Aug. 21 Burma's joint parliament passed two bills that violate human rights and threaten to entrenc...
Thursday, July 02, 2015

Inspired By Supreme Court Decision, Montanans Apply For License For Polygamous Marriage

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AP reported yesterday that in Billings,. Montana, a man and his two wives, citing the Supreme Court's Obergefell  decision, have applie...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

India Supreme Court Upholds State Work Rule Barring Polygamy

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In Khan v. State of U.P. ,  (India Sup. Ct., Feb.9, 2015), a 2-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India upheld the constitutionality of a r...