Circuit Judge Dings DOMA and Oregon Marriage Amendment in Grievance Ruling on Benefits

Judge Harry Pregerson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, sitting as Chair of the 9th Circuit’s Standing Committee on Federal Public Defenders, ruled that Alison Clark, an assistant federal public defender in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon, is entitled to received coverage for her same-sex spouse under the Federal Employees Health Care Benefits Program.  In the Matter of Alison Clark, Case No. 13-80100
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