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Litigation

Mar. 3, 2012

SF opposes en banc rehearing of Prop. 8 case

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Thursday filed his opposition to a request that the Prop. 8 case be re-heard in front of an 11-judge panel.

By Saul Sugarman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Thursday filed his opposition to a request that the Prop. 8 case be re-heard in front of an 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

On Feb. 7, a three judge panel ruled in a 2-1 vote that the same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional, affirming former San Francisco U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker. Last week, proponents of the measure asked the 9th circuit ...

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