Litigation
Aug. 2, 2012
Prop. 8 proponents request Supreme Court reversal
Same-sex marriage opponents have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse lower court rulings that struck down as unconstitutional Proposition 8, the 2008 voter-approved ballot initiative that outlawed gay marriage in California.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In a move long predicted by legal experts, the first step has been taken to send the lawsuit seeking to overturn Proposition 8, the voter-approved 2008 ballot initiative limiting marriage to heterosexual couples, to the U.S. Supreme Court for review.
The court will decide whether to hear the appeal after it reconvenes in October following its summer recess. When the lawsuit was filed in 2009, some Pr...
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