She issued marriage licenses to six identical-sex couples after the native district legal professional interpreted Colorado's statutes, which used the phrase "any two individuals", to be gender-neutral with respect to marriage. The plaintiffs have been six same-intercourse couples who had been legally married in another state however whose marriage Colorado did not legally acknowledge or who had been refused a Colorado marriage license. The primary defendants, Governor Hickenlooper and Attorney General Suthers, agreed with the plaintiffs insofar as having the courtroom difficulty an injunction declaring the identical-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, but they wished a stay and swift resolution by the U.S. In a separate filing, and searching for a reversal of Judge Hartman's ruling, Suthers additionally requested the high court docket for an emergency injunction to cease all state clerks from issuing licenses. When requested to enjoin the Denver County clerk from issuing licenses to similar-sex couples, Judge Crabtree refused to take motion. After Hartman's resolution was handed down, the Denver and Pueblo county clerks began issuing licenses to couples regardless of gender as properly, regardless of Judge Crabtree's keep. On July 18, 2014, the Colorado Supreme Court ordered clerks in Adams and Denver counties to stop issuing marriage licenses.
