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Ted Olson, Attorney Who Helped Lead Legal Effort To Overturn California’s Proposition 8, Dies At 84
Ted Olson, the conservative attorney who formed an unexpected alliance with a liberal counterpart to mount a legal challenge to overturn California’s ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8, has died. He was 84. His law firm Gibson Dunn, where he was a partner, confirmed his death, but did not give a cause. Theodore Boutrous Jr., […]
Ted Olson, the conservative attorney who formed an unexpected alliance with a liberal counterpart to mount a legal challenge to overturn California’s ban on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8, has died. Theodore Boutrous Jr., another partner at the firm who also was part of the Prop 8 legal team, said in a statement, “Ted has been the heart and soul of Gibson Dunn for six decades and made us who we are today. Two couples — Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo, and Sandy Stier and Kris Perry — were plaintiffs in the case, filed in 2009 and backed by a non-profit, the American Foundation for Equal Rights, funded by Reiner and other Hollywood donors.
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