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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Dec. 22, 2009

Prop. 8 Court Case Could Be Placed in Front Of the Camera

The federal lawsuit challenging the legality of California's same-sex marriage ban is a likely candidate for the 9th Circuit's newly announced pilot program to allow cameras in the trial courts.

By Rebecca Beyer

Daily Journal Staff Writer

With just three weeks to trial and three days before a round of appellate briefs are due Christmas Eve, the parties in the federal lawsuit challenging the legality of California's same-sex marriage ban have another issue to confront: whether theirs will be the first trial in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals filmed for live or pre-recorded dissemination.

One would be hard-pre...

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