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SMELT v. COUNTY OF ORANGE

No. SACV04-1042-GLT(MLGX).

374 F.Supp.2d 861 (2005)

Arthur SMELT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. COUNTY OF ORANGE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California, Southern Division.

June 16, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byron J. Babione, Esq., Benjamin W. Bull, Esq., Glen Lavy, Esq., Dale Schowengerdt, Esq., Alliance Defense Fund, Scottsdale, AZ, Sam Kim, Esq., Sam Kim & Associates, Buena Park, CA, for Karen Dean Milam, Esq., Yucaipa, CA, Michael L. Parker, Esq., Sam Kim & Associates, Buena Park, CA, for (Intervenor Plaintiff) Proposition 22 Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Stephen V. Bomse, Esq., Richard DeNatale, Esq., Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, CA, Jon W. Davidson, Esq., Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Los Angeles, CA, Courtney G. Joslin, Esq., Shannon Minter, Esq., National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, CA, Jennifer C. Pizer, Esq., Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Los Angeles, CA, for Woo v. Lockyer.

Richard C. Gilbert, Esq., Diane J. Marlowe, Esq., Gilbert & Marlowe, Santa Ana, CA, for Arthur Bruno Smelt.

Law Offices of Ross S. Heckmann, Esq., Arcadia, CA, Rena M. Lindevaldsen, Esq., Mary E. McAlister, Esq., Liberty Counsel, Longwood, FL, for (Intervenor Plaintiff) Campaign for California Families.

Chandra Miller Fienen, Esq., Amy E. Margolin, Esq., Bobbie J. Wilson, Esq., Howard, Rice, Nemerovski Canady, Falk and Rabkin, San Francisco, CA, Sherri Sokeland Kaiser, Esq., San Francisco City Attorney, San Francisco, CA, for San Francisco City and County.

Christopher E. Krueger, Esq., Hiren M. Patel, Esq., CAAG — California Attorney General Office, Sacramento, CA, for Michael Rodrian.

Teri L. Maksoudian, Esq., Marianne Van Riper, Esq., Orange County Counsel, Santa Ana, CA, for Defendant, County Clerk.

W. Scott Simpson, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Div — Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, for Intervenor Defendant, USA.

ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; JUDGMENT

TAYLOR, District Judge.

In a federal constitutional challenge to same-sex marriage limitations, the Court holds (1) it is a proper exercise of discretion for federal courts to abstain from deciding the constitutionality of state "man-woman marriage" statutes until the state court review process is completed, and (2) section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act is constitutional.

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