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UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA v. TUMEO

No. S-6898.

933 P.2d 1147 (1997)

UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA, Petitioner, v. Mark TUMEO and Kate Wattum, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Owens, Jr. and Patrick J McCabe, Owens & Turner, P.C., Anchorage, for Petitioner.

William B. Schendel, Schendel & Callahan, Fairbanks, for Respondents.

Jeffrey A. Friedman, Friedman, Rubin & White, Anchorage, and Thomas F. Coleman, Spectrum Institute, Los Angeles, CA, for Amicus Curiae Spectrum Institute.

Allison E. Mendel, Mendel & Huntington, Anchorage, and Suzanne Goldberg and Jon Davidson, New York City, for Amici Curiae National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, and National Organization for Women Legal Defense & Education Fund.

Before COMPTON, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS and EASTAUGH, JJ., and CARPENETI, J., Pro Tem.

COMPTON, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Two employees of the University of Alaska requested health insurance benefits for their domestic partners; the University denied their requests. The question on review1 is whether that denial violates AS 18.80.220(a)(1), commonly referred to as the Alaska Human Rights Act, which bars discrimination in employment on the basis of marital status.

II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS...

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