United States v. Windsor

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:appealsTo gptkb:United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Second_Circuit
gptkbp:arguedDate 2013-03-27
gptkbp:category 2013 in United States case law
landmark decision
LGBT rights case
gptkbp:citation 570 U.S. 744
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Samuel_Alito
gptkbp:date 2013-06-26
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:Edith_Windsor
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:John_Roberts
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
gptkbp:docketNumber 12-307
gptkbp:effect federal government must recognize same-sex marriages performed in states where legal
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:United_States_v._Edith_Schlain_Windsor,_in_Her_Capacity_as_Executor_of_the_Estate_of_Thea_Clara_Spyer,_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States v. Windsor
gptkbp:impact struck down federal definition of marriage as only between a man and a woman
gptkbp:joinedBy gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Sonia_Sotomayor
gptkb:Elena_Kagan
gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
gptkbp:leadCounselForDefendant gptkb:Roberta_Kaplan
gptkbp:leadCounselForPlaintiff gptkb:Donald_B._Verrilli,_Jr.
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Obergefell_v._Hodges
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Defense_of_Marriage_Act
same-sex marriage
gptkbp:subject federal recognition of same-sex marriage
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Obergefell_v._Hodges
gptkb:American_Civil_Liberties_Union
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Defense_of_Marriage_Act
gptkb:Same-sex_marriage_legal_cases
gptkb:Equal_Protection_Clause
gptkb:United_States_politics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5