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

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

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

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

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

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

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