BRINKIN v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO.

No. C-82-3638 SAW.

572 F.Supp. 236 (1983)

Lawrence BRINKIN, Plaintiff, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY and the Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees, AFL-CIO, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

October 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew A. Coles, Coles & Nakatani, Margaret Crosby, Alan Schlosser, Amitai Schwartz, American Civil Liberties Union, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

Patrick Jordan, Judith Newton, McLaughlin & Irvin, Robert Bogason, Henning, Walsh & Ritchie, San Francisco, Cal., William Donlon, Gen. Counsel, Rockville, Md., for defendants.


ORDER REMANDING ACTION TO CALIFORNIA SUPERIOR COURT

WEIGEL, District Judge.

On June 29, 1982, plaintiff Lawrence Brinkin commenced this action for declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, damages and other redress in San Francisco County Superior Court. Plaintiff is a clerk for defendant Southern Pacific Transportation Co. ("Southern Pacific"). He asserts that upon the death of his homosexual "domestic partner" of eleven years, plaintiff was illegally denied...

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