Overview
- The justices refused to hear Davis’s petition seeking both First Amendment immunity from personal liability and a reconsideration of Obergefell v. Hodges.
- The Court issued a brief, unsigned order with no explanation and no noted dissents, a routine disposition for denied petitions.
- The lower-court judgments remain intact, including a jury’s $100,000 award to David Moore and David Ermold and roughly $260,000 in attorneys’ fees.
- Federal courts, affirmed by the 6th Circuit, held that Davis acted as a government official and could not invoke the First Amendment to deny marriage licenses, with some challenges deemed waived.
- The denial sets no new precedent, and marriage equality also has a federal statutory backstop under the 2022 Respect for Marriage Act.