Overview
- The justices denied review without comment, and no member of the court noted a public dissent.
- The refusal to hear the case leaves a Sixth Circuit ruling intact that said Davis’s license denials were state action not protected by the First Amendment.
- A jury awarded David Ermold and David Moore $100,000, and a judge ordered about $260,000 in attorneys’ fees, totaling more than $360,000 owed by Davis.
- Davis’s petition sought both a First Amendment shield from liability and the overruling of Obergefell v. Hodges, requests the court declined to entertain.
- Marriage-equality advocates welcomed the outcome, Davis’s lawyers vowed further challenges, and the Respect for Marriage Act continues to provide a federal backstop.