Perry v. Schwarzenegger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kristin M. Perry v. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a federal lawsuit decided by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California that challenged the federal constitutional validity of California's Proposition 8. The court found that Proposition 8 violated the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, respectively, effectively rendering it unconstitutional on August 4, 2010.
