Taking a narrow approach in deciding the blockbuster challenge to California’s ban on gay marriage, a split 9th Circuit panel on Tuesday found Proposition 8 unconstitutional. Plaintiffs lawyers acknowledged that the scope of the holding may make the opinion somewhat less likely to be reviewed by the Supreme Court.

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A federal appellate panel ruled on Thursday that a San Francisco judge abused his discretion by ordering the release of a video recording of the trial over California’s Proposition 8, saying that he ignored a promise upon which supporters of the ban on gay marriage relied.

The Boies, Schiller & Flexner founder explains how he prepared for the key cross-examinations in the Proposition 8 case.

U.S. District Chief Judge James Ware on Monday unsealed the Proposition 8 trial video, finding no compelling reason to keep from the public a part of the court record.