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26 juin 2013 · United States v. Windsor, 570 U.S. 744 (2013) 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.
United States v. 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.
26 juin 2013 · Justice Anthony M. Kennedy delivered the opinion of the 5-4 majority. The Supreme Court held that the United States Government, despite the executive branch's agreement regarding DOMA's unconstitutionality, retains a significant enough stake in the issue to support Supreme Court's jurisdiction.
Argued March 27, 2013—Decided June 26, 2013 The State of New York recognizes the marriage of New York residents Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer, who wed in Ontario, Canada, in 2007.
U.S. Reports: United States v. Windsor, 570 U.S. 744 (2013). Names Kennedy, Anthony M. (Judge) Supreme Court of the United States (Author) Headings
26 juin 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.
In a majority delivered by Justice Kennedy, in which Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan joined, the Supreme Court upheld the lower court’s decision that DOMA’s exclusion of same-sex married couples from the definition of spouse was unconstitutional.
