[6][7][8] On May 22, 2014, Newville filed a federal lawsuit, Rosenbrahn v. Daugaard, on behalf of six same-sex couples against South Dakota officials, seeking the right to marry and recognition of marriages performed in other jurisdictions.

[9] On June 6, 2014, Newville filed a similar lawsuit, Ramsay v. Dalrymple, on behalf of seven same-sex couples in North Dakota.

[12] She found that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Baker V Nelson was no longer valid precedent and that Bruning did not address due process or the question of a fundamental right to marry.

[13] On January 12, 2015, U.S. District Court Judge Karen Schreier granted Newville's motion for summary judgment in Rosenbrahn v. Daugaard, striking down South Dakota's ban on same-sex marriage but putting a stay on her order until appeals were exhausted.

[16] After the first same-sex marriage licenses were issued in South Dakota on June 26, 2015, Newville told reporters that he was ecstatic for his clients and as a gay man himself.