 District Court Judge Timothy Burgess heard oral arguments on October 10.On October 12, 2014, less than a week after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review similar cases from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, "Latta v. Otter" and "Sevcik v. Sandoval", Judge Burgess ruled for the plaintiffs and declared Alaska's statutory and constitutional bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.He issued an injunction effective immediately.