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BRO Files Friend of the Court Brief
Basic Rights Oregon Files Friend of the Court Brief
On December 21, in Federal Court, Basic Rights Oregon filed an Amicus Brief in Lemons v. Bradbury—the lawsuit filed by out of state anti-equality groups seeking to temporarily stop Oregon’s new Domestic Partnership law from going into effect on January 1, 2008.
Our brief puts information before the judge would not normally be raised by parties to the lawsuit. BRO’s job will be to inform the Court about the harms that will occur if the law does not go into effect on Jan 1.
- The American Defense League makes election-related law claims against the State of Oregon for failure to count supposedly valid signatures. (entity filing the law suit)
- The Deputy Attorney General, the lawyer defending Secretary of State Bradbury, filed a response brief addressing those election law claims. (defendant against the lawsuit)
- Basic Rights Oregon filed an Amicus brief, asking the Court to consider other issues, such as:
- Same-sex domestic partners would be irreparably harmed if the domestic partnership law were enjoined
- Original Lemons v. Bradbury complaint
- Plaintiff’s motion for Temporary Restraining Order (TRO)
- Plaintiff’s memo on TROCourt’s TRO
- Plaintiffs’ Trial MemoState’s Trial Memo Intervenor’s Trial Memo
Plantiff’s Reply in support for permanent injunction and other relief:
BRO’s “Friend of the Court” Brief:
- Amicus Application
- Declaration of Frank Dixon
- Memorandum of Amicus Curiae in opposition to motion for temporary restraining order and preliminary injuction
- Declaration of Maura Roche
- Roche Declaration Exhibits
- Declaration of Erin Sexton-Sayler
- Certificate of service
- Declaration of Sally Sparks
- Declaration of Erin Sexton-Sayler
- Declaration of Jeana Frazzini
- Memorandum in support of applicants’ motion to intervene
- Motion to intervene in support of defendants
- Intervenor’s answer
Documents regarding the Appeal:
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December 28th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
[...] Frequently Asked Questions About the Lemons v. Bradbury Decision Delaying Domestic Partnerships in Oregon What happened? In a shocking move on December 28th, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) which postpones Oregon’s Domestic Partnership law from going into effect on January 2, 2008 as scheduled. As Basic Rights Oregon argued in our “friend of the court” brief, this delay tactic results in real harm to countless Oregonians and their families, and is absolutely unnecessary. Click here to read more about the brief. [...]
December 28th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
[...] argued the case in court. Nevertheless, we hired the top election attorney in the state to craft our “amicus brief” to the court. In this brief, we explained in both legal and personal terms why it was absolutely critical that [...]
December 29th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Time after time politicians make empty promises in an effort to get votes from “our” population. I wonder the effect econimically if every GLBT person in Oregon was to call in sick to work, refuse to vote, move out of the Country? I have had to cancel my cermony that was set to follow the paperwok completion at the courthouse. More than a financial cost, it has devestated me emotionally. This is how Oregon treats it’s tax paying citizens? I am ashames to live, work and raise my children here.
December 31st, 2007 at 11:28 am
[...] is where BRO’s amicus brief was critical. In it, we argued that the plaintiffs are not harmed. Further, any minimal harm the [...]