Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System

If Kelly and Dennis had been a heterosexual married couple, Kelly would be entitled to an annuity of 50 percent of Dennis' average salary—support that would help Kelly pay the mortgage on the home that he and Dennis jointly owned.

Kelly is suing under the Missouri constitution to recover the same survivor benefits that would have been provided to an opposite-sex spouse. In bringing his lawsuit, Kelly is not challenging Missouri's underlying ban on marriage for same-sex couples. He is simply asking for the state to provide committed domestic partners with the same survivor benefits that the state provides to the heterosexual spouses of state troopers who are killed in the line of duty.

Kelly is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Eastern Missouri, the ACLU of Kansas & Western Missouri, and the law firm SNR Denton.

Surviving Same-Sex Partner of State Trooper Seeks Fairness
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