Oct 25, 2010
9th Circuit Says Catholic Group Has Standing to Sue San Francisco
With the judges split into unusual voting blocs, the 9th Circuit on Friday issued an 8-3 ruling in an Establishment Clause case that is thought to be prime for Supreme Court review. A majority of judges, for differing reasons, rejected a suit by a Catholic group against the city of San Francisco over a 2003 resolution the city passed denouncing the church’s ban on gay adoptions