United States Ninth Circuit
Catholic League for Relig. and Civ. Rts. v. City and County of San Francisco, 06-17328
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action claiming that a city resolution disapproving of the Catholic Church's position on same-sex adoptions violated the Establishment Clause, the dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where the resolution did not have a predominantly religious purpose or an effect of expressing hostility towards the Catholic religion.
Appellate Information
- Argued 07/18/2008
- Decided 06/03/2009
- Published 06/03/2009
Judges
- Before: PROCTER HUG, JR., RICHARD A. PAEZ, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Robert J. Muise, Thomas More Law Center, Ann Arbor, MI, for the appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Vince Chhabria, City Attorney's Office of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, for the appellees.