Alaska v. Schmidt 3AN-10-09519CI | Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse

Case: Alaska v. Schmidt

3AN-10-09519CI | Alaska state trial court

Filed Date: Aug. 3, 2010

Closed Date: Dec. 15, 2014

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Case Summary

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.)

According to the ACLU's case description:

Alaska allows cities to reduce property taxes on elderly or disabled married couples, but wouldn't allow same-sex couples access to that benefit. The ACLU of Alaska, along with the national ACLU LGBT & AIDS Project and Davis Wright Tremaine, represented a group of same-sex domestic partners whom both Alaska and Anchorage excluded from this otherwise widespread benefit. On their behalf, we asked a court to order both Alaska and Anchorage to make this property tax benefit available to same-sex domestic partners on the same terms as married couples.

Status: In April 2014, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled in our favor and ordered the state to begin providing the tax exemption to all loving, committed couples.

Documents in the Clearinghouse

	Document
3AN-10-09519CI	Docket Julie A. Schmidt vs. The State of Alaska	Dec. 17, 2014	Dec. 17, 2014 Docket
S-14521	Opinion State of Alaska and Municipality of Anchorage v. Schmidt et al Alaska state supreme court	April 25, 2014	April 25, 2014 Order/Opinion