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Article: O'Melveny Files Amicus Brief in California Supreme Court in Same-Sex Marriage Cases.
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- September 26, 2007
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Today O'Melveny & Myers LLP, along with co-counsel MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), filed an amicus brief in the California Supreme Court in support of the parties challenging the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage in California. O'Melveny's amicus brief focuses the critical issue of the standard of scrutiny to be used by the California Supreme Court, arguing that California's laws which allow only opposite-sex couples to marry discriminate against gays and lesbians and should receive heightened scrutiny under state equal protection laws. The brief was authored by partner Peter Obstler and ...
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