Litigation
Dec. 19, 2011
Obama administration, House committee square off in gay rights case
President Barack Obama's top civil lawyer on Friday argued in favor of a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals staff attorney seeking health insurance for her wife.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - President Barack Obama's top civil lawyer on Friday squared off against lawyers for an advisory committee to the U.S. House of Representatives who asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals staff attorney seeking health insurance for her wife.
The hearing before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White was the first in the case since...
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