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17 Jul 2012, 10:42 am by Dan Taglioli
Edith Schlain Windsor, 83, successfully sued the US government [complaint, PDF] in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) [official website], which in June ruled on summary judgment that under a rational basis standard [Cornell LII backgrounder] of judicial scrutiny DOMA is unconstitutional [JURIST report]... [read post]
26 Jun 2012, 8:59 pm by Mitchell A. Port
The plaintiff in that action, Edith Schlain Windsor (“Edie”) challenged the constitutionality of section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) which required Edie to pay federal estate tax on her same-sex spouse’s estate. [read post]
16 Jul 2012, 1:18 pm by Lyle Denniston
   The petition by Edith Schlain Windsor is the fourth petition in recent weeks challenging the constitutionality of a key section of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. [read post]
27 Jun 2012, 4:59 am
The plaintiff in that action, Edith Schlain Windsor (“Edie”) challenged the constitutionality of section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) which required Edie to pay federal estate tax on her same-sex spouse’s estate. [read post]
6 Jun 2012, 5:30 pm by Lyle Denniston
The ruling came in the case of a New York City woman, Edith Schlain Windsor, who was legally married in 2007 to her long-time partner, Thea Spyer, in Canada, which allows same-sex marriages. [read post]