Second Judge Orders Federal Benefits for Same-Sex Spouse
On Thursday, the chief judge of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the federal Office of Personnel Management to permit a court employee to add her wife to her government-sponsored health insurance plan. The ruling by Judge Alex Kozinski is farther reaching than a similar order that another U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals judge issued Wednesday.
- "U.S. Agency Ordered To Provide Same-Sex Benefits" (Walsh, Sacramento Bee, 11/20).
- "Give In on Same-Sex Benefits, Judge Orders Feds" (Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 11/20).