American Foundation for Equal Rights

California Supreme Court Sets Date for Prop. 8 Hearing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRESS CONTACTS:
Brandon Hersh 202.412.9766 or brandon@afer.org
Elizabeth Riel 213.785.5352 or elizabeth@afer.org

Expedited Hearing Date Announced in Perry v. Brown for Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011

California Supreme Court Schedules Case on First Day of Fall Session

San Francisco, CA – Today the Supreme Court of California announced that the hearing date for Perry v. Brown will be on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 10:00AM. The date announced is the very first day of the court’s fall calendar. The court will hear oral arguments on a question of whether under state law proponents of initiatives have standing to defend their initiatives when they are challenged in court.  The question was certified to them by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit earlier this year.

In response to the court’s scheduling order, Chad Griffin, American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) Co-Founder and Board President, had the following to say: “I am very pleased that the Supreme Court of California calendared our case for the first day of their fall session.  The governor and attorney general of California – and the United States District Court – all have found Proposition 8 unconstitutional.  I am confident that the California Supreme Court will swiftly reach a decision on this question, and that this nation is now one step closer to seeing the dark walls of discrimination finally crumble.”

In a separate, but related matter – the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California will hear AFER’s motion on August 29, 2011 requesting that the video recordings from our January 2010 trial be released to the public.

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About the American Foundation for Equal Rights

The American Foundation for Equal Rights is the sole sponsor of the federal court challenge to Proposition 8, Perry v. Brown. After bringing together Theodore B. Olson and David Boies to lead its legal team, AFER successfully advanced its case through federal district court and is now leading it through the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals before the case is brought to the United States Supreme Court. The Foundation is committed to achieving full federal marriage equality.
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