Suchergebnisse
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26. Juni 2013 · Argued: March 27, 2013. Decided: June 26, 2013. Justia Summary. Windsor and Spyer, two women, married in Canada in 2007. Their home state, New York, recognized the marriage. Spyer died in 2009 and left her estate to Windsor, who sought to claim the federal estate tax exemption for surviving spouses.
- 280 U.S. 379
Ex parte Burrus, 136 U. S. 586, 136 U. S. 583, 136 U. S....
- 280 U.S. 379
Windsor, 570 U.S. 744 (2013), is a landmark United States Supreme Court civil rights case concerning same-sex marriage. The Court held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denied federal recognition of same-sex marriages, was a violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment .
- Roberts
- United States, Petitioner v. Edith Schlain Windsor, in Her Capacity as Executor of the Estate of Thea Clara Spyer, et al.
- Kennedy, joined by Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
Edith Windsor is the widow and sole executor of the estate of her late spouse, Thea Clara Spyer, who died in 2009. The two were married in Toronto, Canada, in 2007, and their marriage was recognized by New York state law. Thea Spyer left her estate to her spouse, and because their marriage was not recognized by federal law, the government ...
against the United States, fnding § 3 unconstitutional and ordering the Treasury to refund Windsor's tax with interest. The Second Circuit affrmed. The United States has not complied with the judgment. Held: 1. This Court has jurisdiction to consider the merits of the case.
26. Juni 2013 · United States v. Windsor, legal case, decided on June 26, 2013, in which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (1996; DOMA), which had defined marriage for federal purposes as a legal union between one man and one woman.
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LII. Wex. United States v. Windsor (2013) United States v. Windsor (2013) The Supreme Court case which held that the Defense of Marriage Act’s (DOMA) provision excluding same-sex married individuals from the definition of spouse violated the protections afforded by Fifth Amendment and was thus unconstitutional. (Read the opinion here)
