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Perry v. Brown

Citations

  • 52 Cal. 4th 1116
  • 265 P.3d 1002
  • 134 Cal. Rptr. 3d 499
  • 2011 Cal. LEXIS 11683

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  • holding that official proponents of California’s Proposition 8 lacked Article III standing in federal court
  • holding that “the official proponents of an initiative measure are recognized as having a distinct role — involving both authority and responsibilities that differ from other supporters of the measure”
  • holding that official proponents of California’s Proposition 8 lacked federal constitutional standing
  • noting that legislators would not be afforded the ability to intervene on behalf of a law that they had sponsored, before holding that official proponents could so intervene
  • noting that legislators would not be afforded the ability to intervene on behalf of a law that they had sponsored, before holding that official proponents could so intervene
  • petitioners do not \possess any official authority ... to directly enforce the initiative measure in question\

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Judges: Cantil-Sakauye, Kennard

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