Legal Opinion
United States v. Windsor
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 26, 2013No. 12-307PublishedCited by 574 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
*749Two women then resident in New York were married in a lawful ceremony in Ontario, Canada, in 2007. Edith Windsor *750and Thea Spyer returned to their home in New York City. When Spyer died in 2009, she left her entire estate to Windsor. Windsor sought to claim the estate tax exemption for surviving spouses. She was barred from doing so, *751however, by a federal law, the Defense of Marriage Act, which excludes a same-sex partner from the definition of "spouse" as that term is used in federal statutes. Windsor paid the taxes but filed suit to challenge the constitutionality of this provision. The…
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