United States Ninth Circuit

In an appeal from a judgment of the district court granting a preliminary injunction enjoining the enforcement of a state law would have terminated eligibility for healthcare benefits of state employees' same-sex partners, Rev. Stat. Section 38-651(O), judgment is affirmed where the court's findings that that plaintiffs demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits because they showed that the law adversely affected a classification of employees on the basis of sexual orientation and did not further any of the state's claimed justifiable interests, and that they had established a likelihood of irreparable harm in the event coverage for partners ceased, are supported by the record.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/06/2011
• Published 09/06/2011

Judges

• SCHROEDER

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Tara L. Borelli, Charles A. Grube