According to Equality Case Files, the three-judge panel selected for next week's 9th Circuit Court of Appeals hearings on marriage equality bode well for the good guys.
The Nevada, Idaho and Hawaii cases will be heard consecutively next Monday, September 8th beginning at 4pm in San Francisco.
9th Circuit panel for #NV, #ID, #HI marriage cases announced: REINHARDT, GOULD and BERZON @LambdaLegal @NCLR @EqualityNevada
— Equality Case Files (@EQCF) September 1, 2014
Berzon joined Reinhardt in SmithKline. Gould wrote majority in Witt v. Air Force.
— Equality Case Files (@EQCF) September 1, 2014
Reinhardt wrote majority in Prop 8 case and SmithKline (latter held sexual orientation must withstand heightened scrutiny). #9thCircuit #ssm
— Equality Case Files (@EQCF) September 1, 2014
All judges on 9th Circ panel for ID HI & NV marriage cases have supported heightened scrutiny for sexual orientation discrimination @EQCF
— Dr. Gregory Herek (@DrGregoryHerek) September 1, 2014
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