Civil Litigation,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Nov. 19, 2021
Video recordings of Prop 8 trial may be made public
Proponents who defended the anti-gay marriage measure in court have fought for years to keep the video recordings sealed, saying they feared reprisals if the tapes were widely disseminated.
A divided panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday cleared the way for the release of video recordings of the 2010 federal court challenge to Proposition 8.
Proponents who defended the anti-gay marriage measure in court have fought for years to keep the video recordings sealed, and the case has been stalled in court proceedings. Witnesses who testified at trial feared reprisals if the tapes were widely disseminated, they ...
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