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Article: CITY ATTORNEY HERRERA FILES FINAL BRIEF WITH SUPREME COURT IN CITY'S CHALLENGE TO MARRIAGE EXCLUSION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 13, 2007
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The office of the San Francisco City Attorney issued the following news release:
City Attorney Dennis Herrera today filed the City's consolidated answer to amicus curiae briefs in his constitutional challenge to discriminatory marriage laws in California, a filing that is expected to conclude formal briefing to the state Supreme Court and set the stage for the scheduling of oral arguments in the coming months. The City and County of San Francisco is a lead plaintiff alongside couples throughout the state in a coordinated action before the state's highest court that seeks to invalidate provisions of the California Family Code that exclude same-sex couples from marriage rights.
The City's ...