Perry v. Schwarzenegger - a 1983 action

Plaintiffs challenge a November 2008 voter-enacted amendment to the California Constitution .  Cal Const Art I, § 7.5.  In its entirety, Proposition 8 provides: “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”  Plaintiffs allege that Proposition 8 deprives them of due process and of equal protection of the laws contrary to the Fourteenth Amendment and that its enforcement by state officials violates 42 USC § 1983.

Perry v. Schwarzenegger, 704 F. Supp. 2d 921  (N.D. Cal. 2010)