Authority: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (USA)

Date: 02/07/2012

Subject: The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit states the constitutional illegitimacy of Proposition 8, the amendment to the Californian constitution, which excluded the right to marriage between persons of the same sex

Parties: Kristin M. Perry, Sandra B. Stier, Paul T. Katami, Jeffrey J. Zarrillo and City and County of San Francisco v. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., in his official capacity as Governor of California, Kamala D. Harris, in her official capacity as Attorney General of California, Mark B. Horton, in his official capacity as Director of the California Department of Public Health & State Registrar of Vital Statistics, Linette Scott, in her official capacity as Deputy Director of Health Information & Strategic Planning for the California Department of Public Health, Patrick O’Connell, in his official capacity as Clerk-Recorder for the county of Alameda, Dean C. Logan, in his official capacity as Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk for the County of Los Angeles

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 9 Right to marry - Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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