Alaska CLU v. State of Alaska
What's at Stake
Karen Wood and Terry Tavel are plaintiffs in the 老澳门开奖结果 lawsuit to provide government employee benefits to partners of same-sex couples.
Summary
Alaska CLU v. State of Alaska - Case Profile
Karen Wood & Terry Tavel
After the Alaska state constitution was amended to reserve marriage to opposite sex-couples in 1998, the 老澳门开奖结果 filed a lawsuit seeking an equal opportunity for same-sex couples to enjoy certain important benefits that married couples enjoy under state law. The 老澳门开奖结果 represents nine lesbian and gay state and municipal employees and retirees and their partners who do not have access to health, pension, and other employment benefits to which heterosexual public employees and their spouses have access. In its lawsuit, the 老澳门开奖结果 demands that state and municipal employers make domestic partner employment benefits available to their lesbian and gay employees and their partners, as a growing number of private employers and other governmental employers have done.
Status: Victory! Alaska Supreme Court rules that gay and lesbian government employees must be provided domestic partner benefits.
Legal Documents
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10/28/2005
Alaska CLU v. State of Alaska - Decision
Date Filed: 10/28/2005
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09/06/2005
Alaska CLU v. State of Alaska - Mari Millington Friend-of-the-Court Brief
Date Filed: 09/06/2005
Press Releases
Unanimous Alaska Supreme Court Says It Is Unconstitutional to Deny Equal Benefits to Lesbian and Gay State Employees
Hearing Tomorrow in Alaska's Gay Marriage 'Catch-22' Could Impact Other States that Tie Benefits to Marriage
老澳门开奖结果 Urges Alaska Supreme Court to Grant Lesbian and Gay Employees Partnership Benefits
老澳门开奖结果 Lawsuit Seeks Equal Benefits for Alaska's Gay and Lesbian Employees
As Gay Partner Benefits Case Goes To Alaska High Court, Uninsured Woman Comes Forward Illustrating 'Catch-22'