Kristin Perry, et al v. Arnold Schwarzenegger, et al
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Filed (ECF) Amici Curiae CALIFORNIA FAITH FOR EQUALITY, California Council of Churches, GENERAL SYNOD OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, PACIFIC ASSOCIATION OF REFORM RABBIS, Progressive Jewish Alliance, THE EPISCOPAL BISHOPS OF CALIFORNIA AND LOS ANGELES, UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION, UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST LEGISLATIVE MINISTRY CALIFORNIA and UNIVERSAL FELLOWSHIP OF METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCHES Correspondence: Letter re courtesy copy of amicus curiae brief filed in the California Supreme Court. Date of service: 05/02/2011 [7737133] (EAI)
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Party
Attorney
Plaintiffs and Respondents:
Kristin M. Perry, Paul T. Katami,
Sandra B. Stier, Jeffrey J. Zarrillo
Theodore B. Olson
Matthew McGill
Amir Cameron Tayrani
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036-5305
David Boies
Rosanne C. Baxter
Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP
3333 Main Street
Armonk, NY 10504
Richard Jason Bettan
Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP
575 Lexington Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Theodore J. Boutrous
Christophe Dean Dusseault
Theano Diana Kapur
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
333 S. Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Ethan Douglas Dettmer
Enrique Antonio Monagas
Sarah Elizabeth Piepmeier
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
555 Mission Street, Suite 3000
San Francisco, CA 94105-2933
Jeremy Michael Goldman
Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP
1999 Harrison Street, Suite 900
Oakland, CA 94612
Party
Attorney
Joshua Irwin Schiller
Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP
575 Lexington Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Theodore Hideyuki Uno
Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP
2435 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, FL 33020
Plaintiff and Respondent:
City & County of San Francisco
Dennis Jose Herrera
Therese Marie Stewart
Mollie Mindes Lee
Vince Chhabria
Christine Bohrer Van Aken
Office of the City Attorney
City Hall, Room 234
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
Erin Brianna Bernstein
Danny Yeh Chou
Ronald Patrick Flynn
Office of the City Attorney
1390 Market Street, 7th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
Defendants:
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Kamala D. Harris
Kenneth C. Mennemeier
Andrew Walter Stroud
Mennemeier Glassman & Stroud, LLP
980 Ninth Street, Suite 1700
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tamar Pachter
Office of the Attorney General
455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000
San Francisco, CA 94102
Defendants:
Howard Backer, Mark B. Horton,
Scott Linette
Kenneth C. Mennemeier
Andrew W. Stroud
Mennemeier Glassman & Stroud, LLP
980 Ninth Street, Suite 1700
Sacramento, CA 95814
-2-
Party
Attorney
Defendant:
Edmund G. Brown
Daniel Joe Powell
Tamar Pachter
Office of the Attorney General
455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000
San Francisco, CA 94102
Office of the Governor
Attention: Legal Department
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
Defendant:
Dean C. Logan
Judy Welch Whitehurst
Office of the Los Angeles County Counsel
500 W. Temple Street, 6th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Defendant:
Patrick O’Connell
Claude F. Kolm
Office of the Alameda County Counsel
1221 Oak Street, Suite 450
Oakland, CA 94612-4296
Defendants & Appellants:
Dennis Hollingsworth, Mark A.
Jansson, Gail J. Knight,
ProtectMarriage.com
Brian W. Raum
James Andrew Campbell
Alliance Defense Fund
15100 North 90th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Charles J. Cooper
Nicole Jo Moss
Howard C. Nielson
Jesse Panuccio
Peter A. Patterson
David H. Thompson
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
1523 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Andrew P. Pugno
Law Offices of Andrew P. Pugno
101 Parkshore Drive, Suite 100
Folsom, CA 95630
-3-
Party
Attorney
Defendant Intervenor:
William Tam Hak-Shing
Terry L. Thompson
Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 1346
Alamo, CA 94507
Certifying Court:
Ms. Molly C. Dwyer
United States Court of Appeals for Clerk of the Court
the Ninth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit
95 Seventh Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
-4-
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