570 U.S. 744 (2013), 12-307, United States v. Windsor

Citation: 570 U.S. 744, 133 S.Ct. 2675, 186 L.Ed.2d 808, 81 U.S.L.W. 4633, 24 Fla.L.Weekly Fed. S 445

Opinion Judge: KENNEDY, Justice.

Party Name: UNITED STATES, Petitioner v. Edith Schlain WINDSOR, in her capacity as executor of the Estate of Thea Clara Spyer, et al.

Attorney: Vicki C. Jackson, appointed by this Court, as amicus curiae, by Sri Srinivasan, for Petitioner. Paul D. Clement, for Respondent Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the United States House of Representatives. Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General, Washington, D.C., for United States on the Jur...

Judge Panel: KENNEDY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which GINSBURG, BREYER, SOTOMAYOR, and KAGAN, JJ., joined. ROBERTS, C.J., filed a dissenting opinion. SCALIA, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which THOMAS, J., joined, and in which ROBERTS, C.J., joined as to Part I. ALITO, J., filed a dissen...

Case Date: June 26, 2013

Court: U.S. Supreme Court