Autorité: United States District Court for the Northern District of California (USA)

Date: 04/08/2010

Objet: L’arrêt a décrété l’illégitimité de la Proposition 8, interdisant les mariages homosexuels et prévoyant que seul le mariage entre un homme et une femme est valide et reconnu en Californie, dès lors qu’elle est contraire à la Due Process Clause et à la Equal Protection Clause du Quatorzième Amendement à la Constitution des Etats-Unis ; la Cour a également décrété la non-pertinence de l’approbation de la Proposition 8 par référendum populaire au motif que « les droits fondamentaux ne peuvent être soumis à un vote »

Parties: Kristin M Perry, Sandra B Stier, Paul T Katami and Jeffrey J Zarrillo e City and Council of San Francisco v Arnold Schwarzenegger, in his official capacity as Governor of California; Edmund G Brown Junior, in his official capacity as Attorney General of California; Mark Bhorton, in his official capacity as Director of the California Department of Public Health and State Registrar of Vital Statistics; Linette Scott, in her official capacity as Deputy Director of Health Information & Strategic Planning for the California Department of Public Health; Patrick O’Connell, in his official capacity as Clerk-Recorder of the County of Alameda; and Dean C Logan, in his official capacity as Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk for the County of Los Angeles e Dennis Hollingsworth, Gail J Knight, Martin F Gutierrez, Hakshing William Tam, Mark A Jannson and PROTECTMARRIAGE.COM – YES ON 8, A Project of California Renewal, as official proponents of Proposition 8

Langue originale: Anglais

Classification: Liberté - Art. 9 Droit de se marier - Égalité - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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