Authority: Supreme Court (USA)

Date: 06/26/2013

Subject: The Supreme Court rejected the claim lodged against the decision of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, which stated the constitutional illegitimacy of the Proposition 8 (referendum and amendment to the Californian Constitution which abolished the marriage between person of the same sex), for the applicants’ lack of the right to lodge a complaint

Parties: Hollingsworth et al. v. Perry et al.

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 9 Right to marry - Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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