Bipartisan Legal Advocacy Group of the United States House of Representatives v. Windsor

Petition for certiorari denied on June 27, 2013

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
12-785	2d Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2012

Issue: Whether Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, 1 U.S.C. § 7, violates the equal protection component of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment.

Date	Proceedings and Orders
Dec 28 2012	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 28, 2013)
Jan 23 2013	Order extending time to file response to petition to and including February 27, 2013.
Feb 25 2013	Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including March 13, 2013, for all respondents.
Mar 13 2013	Brief of respondent United States filed.
Mar 13 2013	Brief of respondent Edith Schlain Windsor, in Her Capacity as Executor of the Estate of Thea Clara Spyer in opposition filed.
Mar 26 2013	Reply of petitioner Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the United States House of Representatives filed.
Mar 27 2013	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 12, 2013.
Jun 25 2013	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 26, 2013.
Jun 27 2013	Petition DENIED.

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