Cast of Characters

The Judge
Judge Actor
Judge Actor
Vaughn Walker, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court (left) is portrayed by Ted Heyck
The Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Actor
Plaintiff Actor
Paul Katami (left) is portrayed by Woody Schultz
Jeffrey Zarrillo (left) is portrayed by Bryan Cuprill
Kristin Perry (left) is portrayed by Kitty Swink
Sandy Stier (left) is portrayed by Tess Harper
The Plaintiff Attorneys
Attorney Actor
Attorney Actor
David Boies (left) is portrayed by Jack Laufer
Theodore Olson (left) is portrayed by Clyde FT Small
Theodore Boutrous (left) is portrayed by Peter Cassone
Christopher Dusseault (left) is portrayed by Jon Keel
Matthew McGill (left) is portrayed by Mark Doerr
Ethan Dettmer (left) is portrayed by Shawn Ryan
The Plaintiff-Intervenor Attorneys
Intervenor Actor
Intervenor Actor
Dennis Herrera , S.F. City Attorney (left) is portrayed by Matt Pittenger
Therese Stewart, S.F. Deputy City Attorney (left) is portrayed by Sarah Gaboury
Christine Van Aken, S.F. City Attorney (left) is portrayed by Kate McNeil
Danny Chou, S.F. City Attorney (left) is portrayed by Peter James Smith
S.F. City Attorney Ronald Flynn (left) is portrayed by Todd Waring
The Defendants
Defendant
Defendant
Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Governor, does not appear at trial.
Edmund G. Brown, California Attorney General, does not appear at trial.
Linette Scott, Deputy Director of Health & Strategic Planning for the California Department of Public Health, does not appear at trial.
Patrick O'Connell, Clerk-Recorder County of Alameda, does not appear at trial.
Dean Logan, Clerk-Recorder County of Los Angeles, does not appear at trial.
The Defendant Attorney
Attorney Actor
Attorney Actor
Tamar Pachter, Deputy Attorney General (left) is portrayed by Susyn Duris
The Defendant-Intervenor Attorneys
Intervenor Actor
Intervenor Actor
Charles Cooper (left) is portrayed by Julian Simmons
David Thompson (left) is portrayed by Scott Kradolfer
Nicole Moss (left) is portrayed by Judith Hoag
Howard Nielson (left) is portrayed by Jon Acosta
Brian Raum, Alliance Defense Fund (left) is portrayed by John Ainsworth
Andrew Pugno, Protect Marriage.com (left) is portrayed by Brian Poth
James Campbell, Alliance Defense Fund (left) is portrayed by Victor Warren
Terry Thompson, Attorney for William Tam (left) is portrayed by Tuc Watkins
Peter Patterson, Alliance Defense Fund (left) is portrayed by Len Cordova
Vincent McCarthy, American Center for Law & Justice (left) is portrayed by William Charlton
The Witnesses
Witness Actor
Witness Actor
Dr. Nancy Cott, Professor of History Harvard University (left) is portrayed by Nicole Hoelle
Dr. George Chauncey, Professor of History Yale University (left) is portrayed by John Ireland
Dr. Letitia Peplau, Professor of Psychology University of California, Los Angeles (left) is portrayed by Adrienne Barbeau
Edmund Egan, Chief Economist City of San Francisco (left) is portrayed by Jim Abele
Dr. Ilan Meyer, Professor of Sociomedical Sciences Columbia University (left) is portrayed by Arye Gross
Helen Zia, Journalist Based in San Francisco (left) is portrayed by Sachie Alessio Heath
Dr. Michael Lamb, Professor of Economics Cambridge University (left) is portrayed by Basil Smith
Jerry Sanders, Mayor City of San Diego (left) is portrayed by Peter Jason
M.V. Lee Badgett, Professor of Economics University of Massachusetts, Amherst (left) is portrayed by Pamela Reed
Ryan Kendall Conversion Therapy "Survivor" (left) is portrayed by Jarod Einsohn
Dr. Gary Segura, Professor of Political Science Stanford University, University of California, Davis (left) is portrayed by Sean Stanek
Hak-Shing William Tam, Businessman Based in San Francisco (left) is portrayed by Gedde Watanabe
Gregory M. Herek, Professor of Psychology University of California, Davis (left) is portrayed by Scott Lowell
Dr. Kenneth Miller, Assoc. Professor of Government Claremont McKenna College (left) is portrayed by Kasey Mahaffy
David Blankenhorn, Founder & President, Institute for American Values (left) is portrayed by Gregory Itzin

Proposition 8 Trial Re-Enactment Crest

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In its January 13, 2010 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the public broadcast of Perry v. Schwarzenegger, a U.S. District Court case challenging the constitutional validity of California's Proposition 8.

Working from court transcripts and first-hand accounts from bloggers who are present at the trial, we are re-enacting the trial and posting it here for public viewing.

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