Legal Opinion
Brause v. State, Department of Health & Social Services
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided April 17, 2001No. S-9376PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
The underlying issue in this case is whether Jay Brause and Gene Dugan, a same-sex couple who are precluded from marrying, can *358be denied benefits which are by law available only to married people. The superior court dismissed this case as to this issue, based on the State's contention that Brause and Du-gan's complaint did not challenge the denial of any specific benefit to them and they did not show that they had standing to challenge the denial of any specific benefit. The court's dismissal was "without prejudice to subsequent filings" "where a particular right is…
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