California Supreme Court Grants Review in Same|Sex Marriage Case

California Supreme Court Grants Review in Same-Sex Marriage Case

SAN FRANCISCO (Dec. 20, 2006) — The California Supreme Court today agreed to review an appellate court ruling from October in which the majority ...

NEWS RELEASE - California Courts - CA.gov

ruling and permit same-sex couples to marry. ... opposite-sex couples, the California Supreme Court's landmark 1948 decision in Perez v.

In re Marriage Cases - National Center for Lesbian Rights

In April 2005, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard A. Kramer ruled in favor of the couples, holding that California's exclusion of same-sex couples from ...

In re Marriage Cases - Wikipedia

On May 15, 2008, the California Supreme Court ruled in a 4–3 decision that laws directed at gays and lesbians are subject to strict scrutiny and same-sex ...

Court Grants Review in Two Same-sex Marriage Cases - ISCOTUS ...

The Court will consider a challenge to the Federal Defense of Marriage Act and California's ban on same-sex marriages (commonly known as Prop. 8). The Court ...

Berkeley Law Experts React to California Supreme Court Ruling on ...

In ruling that California may no longer exclude same sex couples from legal marriage, the Court wisely rejects formal legal distinctions that would relegate ...

"Proposition 8" defenders' appeal filed (FINAL UPDATE)

Supporters of California's “Proposition 8,” a ballot measure adopted by voters four years ago to ban same-sex marriage in the state, urged the Supreme Court on ...

Same-sex Couples Ask California Supreme Court to Strike Down ...

The marriage cases were filed in March, 2004. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard A. Kramer ruled that the exclusion of same-sex couples ...

Hollingsworth v. Perry - Wikipedia

Hollingsworth v. Perry was a series of United States federal court cases that re-legalized same-sex marriage in the state of California. The case began in ...

In re Marriage Cases | ACLU of Northern CA

On May 15, 2008, the California Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional for the state to ban same-sex couples from civil marriage.

Supreme Court dismisses California's Proposition 8 appeal - CNN

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal over same-sex marriage on jurisdictional grounds, ruling Wednesday private parties do not have ...

Background - California Courts

In the order accepting the cases for review, the Supreme Court also denied a request to stay the operation of Proposition 8 pending the court's resolution of ...

Perry v. Schwarzenegger - American Psychological Association

By restricting the definition of marriage to opposite-sex couples, the proposition overturned the California Supreme Court's ruling of In re Marriage Cases in ...

California Court Affirms Right to Gay Marriage - The New York Times

... California the second state to allow same-sex marriage ... California Supreme Court decision in San Francisco.Credit...Jim ...

"Same Sex Marriage Takes Center Stage Again in California ...

... same-sex marriage ... review of arbitration awards. In both cases, the ... J. C. Kelso, Same Sex Marriage Takes Center Stage Again in California Supreme Court term, ...

Supreme Court will review gay marriage cases

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court turned to same-sex marriage Friday in a big way, by agreeing to review a California ballot measure that banned it ...

Coordination Proceeding, Special Title [Rule 1550(b)] In re ...

THE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE CASES PRESENT A LEGAL. ISSUE OF GREAT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE ... confidence how [the California Supreme Court] would decide' the state.

A Brief History of Civil Rights in the United States: Proposition 8

The proposition was created by opponents of same-sex marriage before the California Supreme Court issued its ruling on In re Marriage Cases. This decision ...

Lambda Legal Statement in Response to California Supreme Court ...

The plaintiffs in In Re Marriage Cases are 11 same-sex couples, Equality California, and Our Family Coalition, who are represented by Lambda Legal along ...

Same-Sex Marriage at the Supreme Court - Complex Appellate ...

The Supreme Court will review two cases raising the constitutionality of same-sex marriage laws. ... granted by California's ... California Supreme Court Year in ...