Bassett v. Snyder

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS AND GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in this case are five same-sex couples who allege that Michigan Pub-*946lie Act 297 (2011) is unconstitutional because it violates their rights under the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses. Public Act 297 prohibits public employers from providing medical and other fringe benefits to any person cohabitating with a public employee unless that person is legally married to the employee, or is a legal…