FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | February 29, 2008
Lawyers for City, Couples to Hold Pre-Hearing Press Conference on Marriage Cases
(San Francisco, CA, February 29, 2008)—A press conference will be held immediately prior to Tuesday’s oral arguments in the California Supreme Court on challenges by the City and same-sex couples to the constitutionality of state laws that discriminate against same-sex couples in marriage.
What: Pre-Hearing Press Conference on Marriage Equality Cases
When: Tuesday, March 4 at 7:30 a.m.
Who:
- Dennis J. Herrera, San Francisco City Attorney
- Kate Kendell, Executive Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights and lead counsel in In Re Marriage Cases*
- Gloria Allred, Counsel in In re Marriage Cases
- Waukeen McCoy, Counsel in In re Marriage Cases
- Geoff Kors, representing Equality California, Respondent in In re Marriage Cases
- Couples represented in In re Marriage Cases
- Judy Appel, representing Our Family Coalition, Respondent in In re Marriage Cases
Where: South Light Court, City Hall, San Francisco, California 94102
The press conference will conclude by 7:50 a.m. Oral arguments begin at 9:00 a.m. in the California Supreme Court, on the Fourth Floor of 350 McAllister Street in San Francisco. The court, in the Earl Warren State Office Building, is located directly across the street from the Civic Center Plaza, diagonally across from City Hall.
The court will hear the following case beginning at 9:00 a.m.: In re Marriage Cases (California Supreme Court Case Number S147999).
*Co-counsel in In re Marriage Cases are Heller Ehrman LLP; Lambda Legal; the ACLU; and the Law Office of David C. Codell.
Interviews in Spanish and Mandarin available.
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The National Center for Lesbian Rights is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education.
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work. http://www.lambdalegal.org/
The American Civil Liberties Union is America’s foremost advocate of individual rights. It fights discrimination and moves public opinion on LGBT rights through the courts, legislatures and public education. http://www.aclu.org/
Equality California Founded in 1998, Equality California celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2008, commemorating a decade of building a state of equality in California. EQCA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots-based, statewide advocacy organization whose mission is to achieve equality and civil rights of all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Californians. http://www.eqca.org/
Calla Devlin
Director of Communications
National Center for Lesbian Rights
office: 415.392.6257 x324
mobile: 415.205.2420
cdevlin@nclrights.org
Alexis Thompson
Deputy Press Secretary
Office of the City Attorney
415.554.4653
Mobile: 925.212.4199
alexis.thompson@sfgov.org
Jason Howe
Public Information Officer
Lambda Legal
213.382.7600 x247
Mobile: 415.595.9245
jhowe@lambdalegal.org
Stella Richardson
Media Relations Director
ACLU
415.621.2493
srichardson@aclunc.org
Ali Bay
Communications Manager
Equality California 916.284.9187
ali@eqca.org