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New Paltz Mayor Issued Permanent Injunction

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
June 28, 2004

On June 7, Ulster County Supreme Court Judge E. Michael Kavanagh issued an order permanently enjoining Mayor Jason West of New Paltz from officiating at same-sex weddings until such time as state law is changed to allow such marriages. This was the nation's first permanent injunction against a public official's officiating at these cermonies. A few days later, on June 10, Judge Jonathan Katz of Town Court dismissed the 19 criminal charges brought against the Mayor for his actions.

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