Statement of Boy Scouts of America Regarding the Court Decision of the Barnes-Wallace Case

From: U.S. Newswire | Date: December 18, 2006 | Copyright information

To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORS

Contact: Robert H. Bork, Jr., +1-703-821-8008, for the Boy Scouts of America

IRVING, Texas, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Boy Scouts of America and SanDiego-Imperial Council, Boy Scouts of America note that the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Barnes-Wallace v. Boy Scouts ofAmerica has decided to certify questions of California law to the CaliforniaSupreme Court. Today's decision from the Ninth Circuit declines to rule onthe merits of the case but instead asks the California Supreme Court to answerquestions about California constitutional law that the ...

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