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Civil Rights

Mar. 5, 2011

Prop. 8 Case Reassigned to Judge Ware

The Proposition 8 case has been reassigned to Northern District Chief Judge James Ware for any further district court proceedings.


By Rebecca Beyer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - If the Proposition 8 case returns to the trial court for any reason, the judge who struck the same-sex marriage ban down will not be the one to hear any additional proceedings. An appeal of U.S. District Judge Vaughn R. Walker's August ruling is pending at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the California Supreme Court. Walker retired from the Northern District bench at the end of la...

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