SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Tuesday will release its much-anticipated ruling on the constitutionality of the Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage. And in gay-rights corners, the mood is undeniably optimistic.

The tenor of last year’s oral arguments and the makeup of the three-judge panel, which includes liberal stalwart Judge Stephen Reinhardt and Clinton-appointee Senior Judge Michael Daly Hawkins, have several lawyers involved in the case cheerfully awaiting the ruling.

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