Court Dismisses Class Claims Brought By Same-Sex Domestic Partners

Late last week, plaintiffs in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California felt the ripple effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decisions regarding same-sex marriage in United States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry.

 

In Dragovich v. U.S. Dep’t of the Treasury, et al., No. C-10-01564 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 4, 2014), the Judge Claudia Wilken dismissed the class claims brought by plaintiffs seeking long-term care benefits for their same-sex domestic partners since any barriers precluding them from obtaining coverage also applied to heterosexual couples.

 

The ruling is important for all employers involved in workplace class action litigation.

 

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