A lawyer for six San Franciscans who oppose The City’s ranked-choice voting system argued before a federal appeals court Tuesday that the procedure deprives them of their constitutional voting rights. Read More
Two couples who are challenging California’s ban on same-sex marriage asked a federal appeals court in San Francisco on Wednesday to allow gay and lesbian weddings to take place in the state while their legal case is pending.The couples asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to lift a stay it issued in August of a lower court decision overturning Proposition 8, the state’s voter-approved ban on gay marriage. Read More
Dukes v. Wal-Mart, a case claiming job discrimination against at least 1.5 million women, reached the U.S. Supreme Court last week after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco agreed, in a 6-5 vote, to permit the case to go forward as a single class action. Read More
The three federal appeals court judges who will rule on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage, were announced by the court in San Francisco on Monday.The randomly selected judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are a liberal, Stephen Reinhardt, of Los Angeles; a moderate, Michael Hawkins, of Arizona; and a conservative, Randy Smith, of Idaho. Read More
