Before flying to Los Angeles for a news conference, the name plaintiffs and legal team behind the defeat of California’s gay marriage ban gathered in San Francisco to revel in Chief Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling. “With this decision carefully analyzing evidence, we are well on our way to an ultimate victory,” said conservative stalwart Theodore Olson, who formed an unlikely duo with David Boies.

A federal judge in San Francisco has reached a decision in a landmark case on whether California’s same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gay men and lesbians. Chief U.S

If Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker is looking for a little more ammunition to shoot down California’s Proposition 8 ban on gay marriage, one of his Massachusetts colleagues has given him some. U.S

Charles Cooper, the attorney defending a federal challenge to Proposition 8, delivered his closing argument on same-sex marriage Wednesday. But Chief Judge Vaughn Walker made it feel more like a cross-examination

Much of Chief Judge Vaughn Walker’s latest message for the Justice Department in a closely watched warrantless wiretap case is simple: Maybe you had a secret warrant, but since you won’t produce it, deal with the consequences.