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Civil Rights

Nov. 21, 2009

Prop. 8 Backers Bumped from Suit

A conservative organization dedicated to preserving the traditional definition of marriage cannot become a party in a lawsuit challenging California's Proposition 8, a unanimous 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.

By Rebecca Beyer and John Roemer

Daily Journal Staff Writers

A conservative organization dedicated to preserving the traditional definition of marriage cannot become a party in a lawsuit challenging California's Proposition 8, a unanimous 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Thursday.

In the opinion, which affirmed an August ruling by Northern District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker, the panel held that the Campaign ...

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