Family
Apr. 16, 2011
Lesbian Lawyer Re-Files Health Suit
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals staff attorney has filed an amended complaint challenging her wife's exclusion from the health plan that covers her and the couple's son.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals staff attorney filed an amended complaint Thursday challenging her wife's exclusion from the health plan that covers her and the couple's son. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White dismissed Karen Golinski's suit in March, in part because it did not directly challenge the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law defining a spouse as a person of the opposite sex. T...
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