Brown v. Chiang, 198 Cal. App. 4th 1203; Cal. 3d App. Dist. 2011)
A state budget crisis led the Governor of California to issue an Executive Order directing the state Department of Personnel Administration to implement a furlough of employees of the state Constitutional officers, including the Attorney General. The trial court held that the order did apply to the Constitutional officers and the officers appealed, asserting, among…
Hollingsworth v. Perry, 570 U. S. ____ (2013)
California voters passed Proposition 8, a state initiative to ban gay marriage. The initiative was challenged in federal court as unconstitutional. The initiative was struck down by the district court and the attorney general and governor declined to appeal the decision. The California supreme court held that the proponents of the initiative could appeal. The…
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