Smelt v. County of Orange

447 F.3d 673 Arthur Bruno SMELT; Christopher David Hammer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF ORANGE, California; County Clerk, for the County of Orange; Michael Rodrian, in his official capacity as State Registrar of Vital Statistics, California Department of Health Services; United States of America; Defendants-Appellees, Proposition 22 Legal Defense and Education Fund; Campaign for California Families, Defendant-Intervenors-Appellees. No. 05-56040. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 4, 2006. Filed May 5, 2006. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Richard C. Gilbert, Diane J. Marlowe, Law Offices of Gilbert & Marlowe, Santa Ana, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Teri L. Maksoudian, Santa Ana, CA, for County of Orange and County Clerk of Orange County; Christopher E. Krueger, Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for the State Registrar of Vital Statistics and the California Department of Health Services; August E. Flentje and Gregory G. Katsas (argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, DC, for the United States of America, defendants-appellees. Byron J. Babione (argued), Glen Lavy, Dale Showengerdt, Benjamin W.…