Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the United States House of Representatives v. Gill

Petition for certiorari denied on June 27, 2013

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Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
12-13	1st Cir.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	OT 2012

Issue: (1) 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; and (2) whether the court below erred by inventing and applying to Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act a previously unknown standard of equal protection review.

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Date	Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)
06/29/2012	Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 2, 2012)
07/20/2012	Brief of respondent Commonwealth of Massachusetts in support filed. VIDED.
07/24/2012	Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the Federal Respondents.
08/02/2012	Brief of respondents Nancy Gill, et al. in opposition filed. VIDED.
08/02/2012	Brief amici curiae of Capitol Hill Prayer Alert Foundation, et al. filed.
08/02/2012	Brief amici curiae of Indiana, et al. filed.
08/02/2012	Brief amicus curiae of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund filed.
09/11/2012	Reply of petitioner Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the United States House of Representatives filed.
10/29/2012	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 20, 2012.
11/13/2012	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 30, 2012.
12/03/2012	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 7, 2012.
06/25/2013	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 26, 2013.
06/27/2013	Petition DENIED. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

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