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Constitutional Law

Jun. 16, 2001

Challenge to Domestic Partner Rule Fails

SAN FRANCISCO - A trailblazing domestic partners ordinance, requiring San Francisco city contractors to provide equal benefits to domestic partners and married spouses of employees, survived a constitutional attack Thursday in the first federal appellate ruling in the country upholding such a law.

By Pamela A. MacLean
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - A trailblazing domestic partners ordinance, requiring San Francisco city contractors to provide equal benefits to domestic partners and married spouses of employees, survived a constitutional attack Thursday in the first federal appellate ruling in the country upholding such a law.

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