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Asbury Law Firm: District Court: Estate Tax Marital Deduction Triggers Unconstitutional Ruling on DOMA
Posted on 18 Jun 2012 by Asbury Law Firm

In a case that began with a claim for a refund of estate taxes paid, Judge Barbara S. Jones of the Southern District of New York ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the 5th Amendment.... Read More

Duane Morris LLP: Federal Estate Tax Equality for Same-Sex Couples
Posted on 27 Jun 2012 by Duane Morris LLP

On June 6, 2012, in Windsor v. United States , U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones in the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment to Edith Windsor and created a precedent that is likely to positively affect same-sex married couples for years... Read More

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP: 8 Key Estate Planning Opportunities Arising From The Supreme Court's Decision On Same-Sex Marriage
Posted on 30 Jun 2015 by LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff

By Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP On June 26, 2015, the US Supreme Court ruled that a state ban on same sex marriage is unconstitutional, in violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The landmark ruling in the combined cases... Read More

Supreme Court to Rule on DOMA: Estate Planning Implications
Posted on 26 Dec 2012 by karplaw

On December 7 the Supreme Court decided it would hear two cases related to same-sex marriage. One of those cases, U.S. v. Windsor [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], challenges Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act ... Read More

Asbury Law Firm: District Court: Estate Tax Marital Deduction Triggers Unconstitutional Ruling on DOMA
Posted on 18 Jun 2012 by Asbury Law Firm

In a case that began with a claim for a refund of estate taxes paid, Judge Barbara S. Jones of the Southern District of New York ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the 5th Amendment.... Read More

Duane Morris LLP: Federal Estate Tax Equality for Same-Sex Couples
Posted on 27 Jun 2012 by Duane Morris LLP

On June 6, 2012, in Windsor v. United States , U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones in the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment to Edith Windsor and created a precedent that is likely to positively affect same-sex married couples for years... Read More

Federal lawsuit challenges Defense of Marriage Act and seeks refund of estate taxes paid by same-sex widow: FREE DOWNLOAD - Complaint
Posted on 12 Nov 2010 by LexisNexis Estate and Elder Law Center Staff

Edith "Edie" Windsor, who, in 2007, married the late Thea Spyer in Canada, recently sued the federal government, challenging the payment of more than $350,000 in federal taxes on Spyer's estate - fees that heterosexual widows are generally... Read More