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09-CV-2292 VRW PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED INTERVENORS’ MOTIONS TO INTERVENE
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GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
 
Theodore B. Olson, SBN 38137
tolson@gibsondunn.com
 Matthew D. McGill,
 pro hac vice
 Amir C. Tayrani, SBN 2296091050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036Telephone: (202) 955-8668, Facsimile: (202) 467-0539Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., SBN 132009
tboutrous@gibsondunn.com
 Christopher D. Dusseault, SBN 177557Ethan D. Dettmer, SBN 196046Sarah E. Piepmeier, SBN 227094Theane Evangelis Kapur, SBN 243570Enrique A. Monagas, SBN 239087333 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90071Telephone: (213) 229-7804, Facsimile: (213) 229-7520BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLPDavid Boies,
 pro hac vice
 
dboies@bsfllp.com
Theodore H. Uno, SBN 248603333 Main Street, Armonk, New York 10504Telephone: (914) 749-8200, Facsimile: (914) 749-8300Attorneys for Plaintiffs KRISTIN M. PERRY, SANDRA B. STIER,PAUL T. KATAMI, and JEFFREY J. ZARRILLO
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTNORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
KRISTIN M. PERRY, SANDRA B. STIER,PAUL T. KATAMI, and JEFFREY J.ZARRILLO,Plaintiffs,v.ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, in his officialcapacity as Governor of California; EDMUNDG. BROWN, JR., in his official capacity asAttorney General of California; MARK B.HORTON, in his official capacity as Director of the California Department of Public Health andState Registrar of Vital Statistics; LINETTESCOTT, in her official capacity as DeputyDirector of Health Information & StrategicPlanning for the California Department of PublicHealth; PATRICK O’CONNELL, in his officialcapacity as Clerk-Recorder for the County of Alameda; and DEAN C. LOGAN, in his officialcapacity as Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk for the County of Los Angeles,Defendants.CASE NO. 09-CV-2292 VRW
PLAINTIFFS’ OPPOSITION TOPROPOSED INTERVENORS’MOTIONS TO INTERVENE
Date: August 19, 2009Time: 10:00 a.m.Judge: Chief Judge Walker Location: Courtroom 6, 17th Floor 
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PageI. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................1II. ARGUMENT............................................................................................................................3A. Our Family Coalition and the Campaign Are Not Entitled To InterveneAs Of Right...................................................................................................................31. Neither Our Family Coalition Nor the Campaign Has a LegallyProtectable Interest in This Case That May Be PracticallyImpaired............................................................................................................42. The Current Parties Adequately Represent the Interests of Our Family Coalition and the Campaign.................................................................8B. The Motions For Permissive Intervention Should Be Denied....................................121. Our Family Coalition and the Campaign Are Not Eligible For Permissive Intervention...................................................................................122. The
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Factors Militate in Favor of Allowing ProposedIntervenors to Participate as Amici Rather Than Parties................................13C. Any Intervention Should Be Strictly Limited to Avoid Prejudice toPlaintiffs......................................................................................................................16III. CONCLUSION.......................................................................................................................18
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CASES
 
 Aeronautical Radio, Inc. v. FCC 
,983 F.2d 275 (D.C. Cir. 1993)...........................................................................................................5
 Allen Calculators, Inc. v. Nat’l Cash Register Co.
,322 U.S. 137 (1944)...................................................................................................................15, 18
 Am. Nat’l Bank & Trust Co. v. Chicago,
865 F.2d 144 (7th Cir. 1989)............................................................................................................11
 Arakaki v. Cayetano,
 324 F.3d 1078 (9th Cir. 2003)............................................................................................................8
 Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona
,520 U.S. 43 (1997).........................................................................................................................5, 7
 Associated Builders & Contractors v. Perry
,16 F.3d 688 (6th Cir. 1994)................................................................................................................4
 Bradley v. Milliken
,620 F.2d 1141 (6th Cir. 1980)..........................................................................................................18
 Building & Constr. Trades Dep’t v. Reich
,40 F.3d 1275 (D.C. Cir. 1994)...........................................................................................................4
 Butler, Fitzgerald & Potter v. Sequa Corp.
,250 F.3d 171 (2d Cir. 2001).............................................................................................................11
Chiglo v. Preston,
 104 F.3d 185 (8th Cir. 1997)............................................................................................................11
Chiles v. Thornburgh
,865 F.2d 1197 (11th Cir. 1989)..........................................................................................................4
Churchill County v. Babbitt 
,150 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 1998)..........................................................................................................17
Cleveland v. Nuclear Regulatory Comm’n
,17 F.3d 1515 (D.C. Cir. 1994)...........................................................................................................5
Coalition for a Sustainable Delta v. Carlson
, No. 08-CV-00397, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65420 (E.D. Cal. July 23, 2008).................................17
 Diamond v. Charles
,476 U.S. 54 (1986)...........................................................................................................................13
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