Legal Opinion
Revelis v. Napolitano
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 5, 2012No. Case No. 11 C 1991PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HARRY D. LEINENWEBER, District Judge.
The Plaintiffs, Demos Revelis (“Revel-is”) and Marcel Maas (“Maas”) (collectively, the “Plaintiffs”), are a same-sex couple who married in Iowa. They seek to challenge the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (the “DOMA”), 1 U.S.C. § 7. Defendants, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Eric Holder (collectively, the “Defendants”) move to dismiss pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Additionally, in the event the…
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