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ARLINGTON COUNTY v. WHITE

Record No. 991374.

528 S.E.2d 706 (2000)

ARLINGTON COUNTY, et al. v. Andrew WHITE, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 21, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter H. Maier, Assistant County Attorney (Barbara S. Drake, County Attorney; James E. Fagan, III, Assistant County Attorney, on briefs), for appellants.

Jordan W. Lorence (Northstar Legal Center, on brief), Fairfax, for appellees.

Amici Curiae: Commonwealth of Virginia (Mark L. Earley, Attorney General; William H. Hurd, Solicitor General; Attorney P. Meredith, Assistant Attorney General, on brief); Family Research Council (Janet M. Larue, Fairfax; Crystal M. Roberts; Miriam R. Moore, on brief), in support of appellees.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., LACY, HASSELL, KEENAN, KOONTZ, and KINSER, JJ., and COMPTON, Senior Justice.

KOONTZ, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether a local governing body acted ultra vires in extending coverage under its self-funded health insurance benefits plan to unmarried "domestic partners" of its employees.

On March 12, 1998, Andrew White, Diana White, and Wendell Brown, residents and taxpayers of Arlington County (the Taxpayers), filed a bill of complaint in the trial court against Arlington County and its County Board (collectively, the...

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