Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management
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Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management is a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, Section 3, which defined the federal definition of marriage to be a union of a man and a woman, entirely excluding legally married same-sex couples. The District Court that originally heard the case ruled Section 3 unconstitutional. On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled Section 3 of DOMA unconstitutional, and denied appeal of Pedersen the next day.
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Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management | |
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Court | United States District Court for the District of Connecticut |
Full case name | Joanne Pedersen, et al., v. Office of Personnel Management, et al. |
Decided | July 31, 2012 |
Citation(s) | 10 CV 1750 (D. Conn. July 31, 2012) |
Case history | |
Subsequent action(s) | On appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (No. 12-3273); Petition for certiorari before judgment filed in the United States Supreme Court (No. 12-231), denied June 27, 2013 |
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Holding | |
Section 3 of DOMA violates the Equal Protection Clause. | |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Vanessa L. Bryant |
Keywords | |
Defense of Marriage Act, Equal protection, Same-sex marriage, States' rights |
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