Civil Rights
Feb. 28, 2011
DOMA Move Affecting California Cases
President Obama's decision to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act in court is already impacting two Northern District cases in which gay couples are challenging their spouses' exclusion from insurance plans.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - President Barack Obama's decision to abandon the defense of a federal law limiting the definition of marriage - and a wide range of accompanying benefits - to opposite-sex couples is already having an impact on two Northern District cases.
Both cases challenge the exclusion of same-sex spouses from federal insurance plans. The Department of Justice notified U.S. District Judge Cla...
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