Windsor v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on June 27, 2013
Issue: Whether Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, 1
U.S.C. § 7, which defines the term “marriage” for all
purposes under federal law as “only a legal union
between one man and one woman as husband and
wife,” deprives same-sex couples who are lawfully
married under the laws of their states (such as New
York) of the equal protection of the laws, as
guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Jul 16 2012 | Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due August 16, 2012) |
| Jul 24 2012 | Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondent. |
| Jul 25 2012 | Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed. |
| Aug 13 2012 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including August 31, 2012, for all respondents. |
| Aug 31 2012 | Brief of respondent United States filed. |
| Aug 31 2012 | Brief of respondent Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the United States House of Representatives in opposition filed. |
| Sep 5 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2012. |
| Sep 5 2012 | Reply of petitioner Edith Schlain Windsor, in Her Capacity as Executor of the Estate of Thea Clara Spyer filed. |
| Oct 18 2012 | Judgment entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. |
| Oct 29 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 20, 2012. |
| Nov 1 2012 | Supplemental brief of respondent Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the United States House of Representatives filed. VIDED. (Distributed) |
| Nov 13 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 30, 2012. |
| Dec 3 2012 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 7, 2012. |
| Jun 25 2013 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 26, 2013. |
| Jun 27 2013 | Petition DENIED. |
