Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System
What's at Stake
Kelly Glossip and Dennis Engelhard had been committed domestic partners for 15 years when Dennis, a Missouri State Trooper, was killed while responding to an accident on Christmas Day, 2009. Missouri offers survivor benefits to spouses of state troopers who are killed in the line of duty, but excludes committed same-sex partners from receiving those benefits.
Summary
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.
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Legal Documents
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10/29/2013
Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System -- Missouri Supreme Court Opinion
Date Filed: 10/29/2013
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08/09/2013
Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation -- Reply to Additional Brief of Responent
Date Filed: 08/09/2013
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07/15/2013
Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation -- Supplemental Brief of Appellant
Date Filed: 07/15/2013
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01/28/2013
Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation -- Appendix to Reply Brief of Appellant in the Missouri Supreme Court
Date Filed: 01/28/2013
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01/28/2013
Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation -- Reply Brief of Appellant in the Missouri Supreme Court
Date Filed: 01/28/2013
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11/08/2012
Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transpotation -- Elected Officials Amicus Brief
Date Filed: 11/08/2012
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11/08/2012
Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation -- Law Professor Amicus Brief
Date Filed: 11/08/2012
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11/08/2012
Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation -- Missouri Supreme Court Brief
Date Filed: 11/08/2012
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11/08/2012
Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation -- Legal International Amicus Brief
Date Filed: 11/08/2012
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02/21/2012
Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation and Highway Patrol Employees' Retirement System - Plaintiff's Reply in Support of his Motion for Summary Judgment
Date Filed: 02/21/2012
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02/01/2012
Glossip - Defendant's Response in Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment
Date Filed: 02/01/2012
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09/01/2011
Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation - Reply in Support of Defendant's Motion to Dismiss
Date Filed: 09/01/2011
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08/24/2011
Glossip v. Missouri Department of Transportation - Corrected Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Dismiss and in Support of Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment
Date Filed: 08/24/2011
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07/26/2011
Glossip - Plaintiff's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts, Exhibit 15
Date Filed: 07/26/2011
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07/26/2011
Glossip - Plaintiff's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts, Exhibit 14
Date Filed: 07/26/2011
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07/26/2011
Glossip - Plaintiff's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts, Exhibit 13
Date Filed: 07/26/2011
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07/26/2011
Glossip - Plaintiff's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts, Exhibit 12
Date Filed: 07/26/2011
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07/26/2011
Glossip - Plaintiff's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts, Exhibit 11
Date Filed: 07/26/2011
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07/26/2011
Glossip - Plaintiff's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts, Exhibit 10
Date Filed: 07/26/2011
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07/26/2011
Glossip - Plaintiff's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts, Exhibit 9
Date Filed: 07/26/2011
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07/26/2011
Glossip - Plaintiff's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts, Exhibit 8
Date Filed: 07/26/2011
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07/26/2011
Glossip - Plaintiff's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts, Exhibit 7
Date Filed: 07/26/2011
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07/26/2011
Glossip - Plaintiff's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts, Exhibit 6
Date Filed: 07/26/2011
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07/26/2011
Glossip - Plaintiff's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts, Exhibit 5
Date Filed: 07/26/2011
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07/26/2011
Glossip - Plaintiff's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts, Exhibit 4
Date Filed: 07/26/2011
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07/26/2011
Glossip - Plaintiff's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts, Exhibit 3
Date Filed: 07/26/2011
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07/26/2011
Glossip - Plaintiff's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts, Exhibit 2
Date Filed: 07/26/2011
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07/26/2011
Glossip - Plaintiff's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts, Exhibit 1
Date Filed: 07/26/2011
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07/26/2011
Glossip - Plaintiff's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts
Date Filed: 07/26/2011
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07/18/2011
Glossip v. Missouri – Plaintiff’s Memorandum in Opposition to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss and in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment
Date Filed: 07/18/2011
Affiliate: Missouri
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07/18/2011
Glossip v. Missouri - Motion for Summary Judgment
Date Filed: 07/18/2011
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05/26/2011
Glossip - Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Amended Petition and Memo in Support of Motion
Date Filed: 05/26/2011
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03/31/2011
Glossip - Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion for Leave to Amend Petition and Amended Petition for Injunctive Relief and Declaratory Relief
Date Filed: 03/31/2011
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01/18/2011
Glossip - Defendant's Memo in Support of Its Motion to Dismiss
Date Filed: 01/18/2011
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12/02/2010
Glossip - Petition
Date Filed: 12/02/2010
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11/26/2010
Glossip - Board of Trustees Decision Upholding Denial of Benefits
Date Filed: 11/26/2010
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10/14/2010
Glossip - Appeal to Board of Trustees
Date Filed: 10/14/2010
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08/17/2010
Glossip - Denial of Application for Survivor Benefits
Date Filed: 08/17/2010
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07/23/2010
Glossip - Application for Survivor Benefits
Date Filed: 07/23/2010
Affiliate: Missouri
Press Releases
Missouri Supreme Court Briefs Filed in Same-Sex Survivor Benefits Case
ACLU Appears in Court to Challenge Discriminatory State Trooper Benefits Policy
Surviving Partner Of Missouri State Trooper Killed On Duty Challenges Discriminatory Benefits Policy
