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Legal Battle Over Prop. 8 Continues
The next legal battle over California’s recently struck down ban on same sex marriage touches off Friday. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker, who ruled that Prop 8 is unconstitutional, has...
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Judge Who Tossed California Gay Marriage Ban To Retire
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The federal judge who struck down California’s gay marriage ban as unconstitutional this year announced Wednesday he is retiring from the bench after 21 years. Lynn Fuller, a...
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Phil Matier: Prop 8 Judge Confirms He’s Gay
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The retired federal judge who struck down California’s ban on same-sex marriage said he saw no reason to step down from the case because he is gay. Chief U.S. District Judge...
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Prop. 8 Supporters Want Judge To Return Trial Tapes
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — The sponsors of California’s same-sex marriage ban want the now-retired federal judge who declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional to surrender videotapes of the trial that...
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Couples In Prop. 8 Case Want Trial Tapes Public
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Lawyers for two same-sex couples who sued to overturn California’s gay marriage ban want a federal appeals court to make videotapes of the case’s lower court trial public....
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Judge’s Partner Cited As Grounds For Prop. 8 Appeal
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — Proponents of California’s same-sex marriage ban filed a motion Monday seeking to vacate the historic ruling that overturned Proposition 8 because the federal judge who wrote...
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Legal Experts: Prop. 8 Judge’s Sexual Orientation Is Non-Issue
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — The sponsors of California’s same-sex marriage ban insist they are not trying to disqualify the federal judge who struck down Proposition 8 because he is gay. Instead, they...
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Hearing Set For Motion To Disqualify Prop 8 Judge
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – A federal judge has scheduled a hearing on whether a ruling that struck down California’s same-sex marriage ban should be thrown out because its author is in a same-sex...
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Brown Accuses Prop. 8 Lawyers Of Judicial ‘Witch Hunt’
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS /AP) — Lawyers for California Gov. Jerry Brown are accusing the backers of the state’s same-sex marriage ban of engaging in a thinly veiled “witch hunt” against the gay federal judge...
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Prop. 8 Opponents Argue Gay Judge Fit To Rule On Measure
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS / AP) — Claims by the group that sponsored California’s voter-approved same-sex marriage ban that the federal judge who overturned the law was biased because he is in a relationship...
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Prop 8 Case Heads Back To San Francisco Federal Court
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Sponsors of Proposition 8 will be back in federal court in San Francisco Monday, asking a new trial judge to nullify a previous judge’s decision to overturn California’s ban on...
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Judge Questions Prop. 8 Supporters Over Bid To Nullify Ruling
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – A federal judge in San Francisco said Monday he hopes to rule quickly—possibly within 24 hours—on a bid by sponsors of Proposition 8 to have him nullify another judge’s...
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Judge Denies Bid To Overturn Prop 8 Ruling
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday upheld a gay judge’s ruling that struck down California’s same-sex marriage ban, saying his fellow jurist was under no obligation to disqualify...
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Prop. 8 Appeals Argued In SF Courtroom
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Three federal appeals court judges were hearing arguments in San Francisco Thursday afternoon on two issues related to last year’s trial on Proposition 8, California’s...
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Federal Appeals Court Rules Prop. 8 Ban On Same-Sex Marriage Unconstitutional
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Proposition 8, California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, is unconstitutional because...
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Ex-Prop. 8 Judge Says ‘Time Has Come’ For Gay Marriage
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The now-retired federal judge who struck down Proposition 8 said at a meeting in San Francisco Thursday he thinks same-sex marriage is “an idea whose time has come.” Former...
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