Legal Opinion
Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided July 31, 2012No. Civil Action No. 3:10-cv-1750 (VLB)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [Dkt # 60] AND DENYING INTERVENOR-DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS [Dkt # 80]
VANESSA L. BRYANT, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, homosexual individuals legally married to individuals of the same sex *298under the laws of the States of Connecticut, Vermont, and New Hampshire, bring this suit challenging Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, Pub. L. No. 104-199, 110 Stat. 2419 (1996), codified at, 1 U.S.C. § 7, (“DOMA”), as a violation of the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of Equal Protection. Plaintiffs’ Complaint requests declaratory…
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