United States v. Windsor

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United States v. Windsor is a landmark 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down key parts of the Defense of Marriage Act, advancing federal recognition of same-sex marriages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf LGBT rights case ⓘ
U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ
constitutional law case ⓘ
landmark case ⓘ
appealedFrom United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ⓘ
areaOfLaw U.S. federal constitutional law ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ
family law (federal recognition aspects) ⓘ
argumentDate 2013-03-27 ⓘ
citation 133 S. Ct. 2675 ⓘ
186 L. Ed. 2d 808 ⓘ
570 U.S. 744 ⓘ
coDefendant Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
decidingCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 2013-06-26 ⓘ
defendant United States of America ⓘ
dissentBy Antonin Scalia ⓘ
John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
docketNumber 12-307 ⓘ
fullName United States v. Edith Schlain Windsor ⓘ
holding Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional as a deprivation of the equal liberty of persons protected by the Fifth Amendment ⓘ
federal government must recognize same-sex marriages lawfully performed under state law for federal purposes ⓘ
impact advanced LGBT rights in the United States ⓘ
invalidated federal non-recognition of same-sex marriages valid under state law ⓘ
set precedent for Obergefell v. Hodges ⓘ
joinedByInMajority Elena Kagan ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
joinedScaliaDissent Clarence Thomas ⓘ
leftIntact Section 2 of the Defense of Marriage Act ⓘ
legalIssue constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act ⓘ
equal protection under the Fifth Amendment ⓘ
federal recognition of same-sex marriages ⓘ
federalism and state regulation of marriage ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
originatedFromCourt United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ⓘ
plaintiff Edith Schlain Windsor ⓘ
relatedConstitutionalProvision Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
relatedStatute Defense of Marriage Act ⓘ
result federal recognition of same-sex marriages for purposes of federal law ⓘ
struckDown Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act ⓘ
subjectMatter federal benefits for married couples ⓘ
same-sex marriage ⓘ
subjectOf LGBT rights litigation analysis ⓘ
constitutional law scholarship ⓘ
term 2012 term of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

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Anthony M. Kennedy → notableCaseOpinion → United States v. Windsor ⓘ
Baker v. Nelson → relatedCase → United States v. Windsor ⓘ
Bourke v. Beshear → relatedFederalCase → United States v. Windsor ⓘ
October Term 2012 → includesCase → United States v. Windsor ⓘ
Windsor v. United States (in part) → fullName → United States v. Windsor ⓘ
United States v. Windsor → fullName → United States v. Edith Schlain Windsor ⓘ
linked to: United States v. Windsor
Defense of Marriage Act → constitutionalChallenge → United States v. Windsor ⓘ
Defense of Marriage Act → sectionStruckDownBy → United States v. Windsor ⓘ
Edith Schlain Windsor → notableWork → United States v. Windsor ⓘ
Edith Schlain Windsor → filedLawsuit → United States v. Windsor ⓘ
Roberta A. Kaplan → notableWork → United States v. Windsor ⓘ
Donald B. Verrilli Jr. → notableCase → United States v. Windsor (as part of the administration’s legal strategy on DOMA) ⓘ
subject linked to: Donald B. Verrilli, Jr.
linked to: United States v. Windsor
Hollingsworth v. Perry → relatedCase → United States v. Windsor ⓘ