Loncar v. Ducey

BEENE, Judge:

¶ 1 Renee Loncar ("Loncar") sued the State of Arizona and its associated representatives (collectively, the "State") for discrimination under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Privileges & Immunities and Preferential Treatment of Employees Clauses of the Arizona Constitution. Loncar claimed the State discriminated against her based on her gender by offering state employee benefits to unmarried same-sex couples but denying those benefits to unmarried heterosexual couples.

¶ 2 We hold that the State did not violate…