Perry v. Schwarzenegger, a U.S. District Court case that will decide if the California anti-same-sex-marriage initiative Proposition 8 is constitutional, will begin Jan. 11.
The two same-sex couples challenging Prop 8 are being represented by Theodore Olson and David Boies, who were on opposite sides of the U.S. Supreme Court case that decided the Bush-Gore election back in 2000, according to AHN.
A press release from the Equal Rights Foundation stated that U.S. District Court, Northern District, Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker will preside over the case. The plaintiffs are claiming that Prop 8, among other things, violates the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause, and discriminates on the bases of gender and sexual orientation.
AHN reported that Prop 8 supporters asked the U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 10 to ban cameras from the courtroom; no decision has been reached.
The plaintiffs are Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier of Berkeley, Calif., and Los Angeles couple Jeffrey Zarrillo and Paul Katami, CNN.com reported. The land mark case will likely go to the U.S. Supreme Court no matter what the ruling is.
