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19. Plaintiffs Lee Williams and Beth DiPasqua are in their twenties and have been together 2 ½ years.
Lee is working towards her bachelor’s degree and Beth works in a pet store.
20. Plaintiffs Nancy Gabriel and Marion DaGrossa are in their sixties and both have retired from
teaching. They are the mothers of five children and four grandchildren and have been together
more than eleven years. They are Quakers and long time members of the Ithaca Meeting of the
Religious Society of Friends.
21. Plaintiffs Joseph Wheeler and David Biddle have been together for 2 ½ years. Joseph is an
attorney at a prestigious law firm in Elmira and David is a PhD. candidate in mathematics at
Cornell University.
22. Plaintiffs Suzanne Schwartz and Mary White have been together for over six years and are
registered as Domestic Partners at Cornell University.
23. Plaintiffs Rodney Fairbanks and Brent Wandel have been together two years, Brent having moved
from Michigan to be with his partner. Brent is currently a student and Rodney has worked for the
United States Postal Service for over nine years.
24. Plaintiffs Amelia Sauter and Leah Houghtaling have been together for eight years and co-own
their house and their car. Amelia is a social worker and Beth is a business manager.
25. Plaintiffs Martha Hardesty and Joann Edwards have been together for 5 ½ years and co-parent two
of Joann’s children. Martha is a teacher and Joann is a nurse.
26. Plaintiffs Sarah B. Jefferis and Tammy J. Travis have been registered as domestic partners in the
City of Ithaca since 2000. Sarah is an assistant professor of English and Writing at Ithaca College
and Tammy is the owner and chef of a local Patisserie.
27. Defendant City of Ithaca (hereafter referred to as “the City”) is a municipal corporation with
offices at City Hall, 108 East Green Street, Ithaca, New York 14850.
28. Defendant Julie Holcomb (hereafter referred to as “the City Clerk”) is the City Clerk of the City of
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