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Los Angeles Times, 06.01.09 16:32 UTC

Gay-marriage opponents attack Jerry Brown's argument to void Proposition 8

Legal briefs filed Monday say the California attorney general's theory 'fails at every level' and contradicts the judiciary's role. The state Supreme Court could hear oral arguments as soon as March.

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Los Angeles Times, 05.01.09 20:04 UTC

California Supreme Court says breakaway parish can't take national church's property

A Newport Beach parish split from the U.S. Episcopal church because of a gay bishop. The state high court rules that 'the local church did not have the right to take the church property with it.'

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San Francisco Chronicle, 24.12.08 05:31 UTC

Jerry Brown's Prop. 8 about-face rare for attorneys general

(12-23) 20:49 PST -- Attorney General Jerry Brown's legal challenge to California's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage marks the first time that the state's top lawyer has refused to defend a ...

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USA Today, 25.11.08 22:30 UTC

Ohio high court to decide 15th District votes

COLUMBUS, Ohio The Ohio Supreme Court will have the final say on how thousands of outstanding provisional votes in a tight congressional race will be counted.

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Los Angeles Times, 19.11.08 05:01 UTC

Recall specter hangs over high court as it considers Prop. 8 challenges

Backers of the measure banning gay marriage have said they will target justices who vote to overturn it. Legal scholars say the court has no clear path to tossing out Prop. 8.

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Los Angeles Times, 15.11.08 16:01 UTC

California Supreme Court ponders challenges to gay-marriage ban

Four lawsuits testing Proposition 8 have now been filed. At a Berkeley conference on the high court's role, however, the justices refrain from taking sides.

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Los Angeles Times, 15.11.08 05:01 UTC

Protests to be a key test for Proposition 8 opponents

Rallies will show whether Web activism can be turned into a movement to overturn gay-marriage ban.

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Los Angeles Times, 14.11.08 23:31 UTC

Supreme Court to hear case involving film about Hillary Clinton

A conservative group's appeal says it was unconstitutional to subject its film 'Hillary: The Movie' to campaign-funding restrictions.

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Los Angeles Times, 06.11.08 05:34 UTC

Gay rights backers file 3 lawsuits challenging Prop. 8

Lawyers for same-sex couples argue that the anti-gay marriage measure is an illegal constitutional revision. Backers of the measure attack the suits.

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Los Angeles Times, 30.10.08 08:34 UTC

Gay married couples face legal limbo if Prop. 8 passes

Experts see a period of 'legal chaos' on the issue. A challenge to existing marriages would raise novel questions, so no one is certain how courts would rule.