Perspective
Dec. 7, 2010
Marriage Equality Litigation in 2010
A recap of marriage equality cases in the past year and a look ahead at pending cases for 2011. By Margaret M. Russell of Santa Clara University School of Law.
Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the federal constitutional challenge to Proposition 8, dominated the California legal landscape of marriage equality efforts in 2010. Now before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Perry struck down the voter-passed California constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage. Judge Vaughn Walker's much-discussed opinion held that Proposition 8 violates the equal protection clause of the U....
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