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"Appeals court seeks guidance in gay marriage case"

"Appeals court seeks guidance in gay marriage case": The Associated Press has a report that begins, " A federal appeals court says it can't decide if California's gay marriage ban is constitutional until the state's highest court weighs in on whether Proposition 8's sponsors have the authority to defend the ban."

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has a news update headlined "Appeals court turns to state on key Prop. 8 issue."

Howard Mintz of The San Jose Mercury News has an update headlined "Gay marriage issue to return to California Supreme Court."

And The Sacramento Bee has a blog post titled "Prop 8: Appeals court dumps Imperial County from case."

You can access today's order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit certifying a question to the Supreme Court of California at this link.

In addition, today the same three-judge Ninth Circuit panel issued a per curiam opinion affirming the district court's rejection of Imperial County's motion to intervene in the case to defend the constitutionality of Proposition 8.

Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt issued this separate opinion concurring in both the certification order and the per curiam opinion.

Last but not least, today Judge Reinhardt also issued this Memorandum Regarding Motion to Disqualify.

Full post as published by How Appealing on January 04, 2011 (boomark / email).