California Supreme Court Denies Rehearing and Stay in Marriage Cases.
Decision to become final on June 16 at 5:00 p.m.
San Francisco—The California Supreme Court today filed an order in the Marriage Cases (S147999; decision filed May 15, 2008), denying requests to stay its decision until after the November 2008 election and denying petitions for rehearing.
The rehearing petitions were denied by a 4-3 vote. Chief Justice Ronald George, and Justices Joyce Kennard, Kathryn Werdegar, and Carlos Moreno voted to deny rehearing. Justices Marvin Baxter, Ming Chin, and Carol Corrigan would have granted rehearing.
The order further specified that the decision of the court filed on May 15, 2008, will become final on June 16, 2008, at 5 p.m.
The full text of the order is online at: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/presscenter/newsreleases/NR31-08.PDF
There are going to be lots of people married before the initiative goes before the voters in November.
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