Government
Feb. 16, 2011
Circuit Leaning Toward Same-Sex Benefits
The 9th Circuit on Monday heard an Arizona government lawyer try to justify barring health insurance benefits for state employees' same-sex partners. Skeptical jurists seemed likely to extend the circuit's pro-equal rights role.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Extending its role as a gay rights battleground, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday heard an Arizona government lawyer try to justify barring health insurance benefits for state employees' same-sex partners.
A three-judge panel appeared skeptical of Arizona's rationale. "Your argument is mostly smoke and mirrors," said one of the panelists, a visiting district judge from ...
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