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Three Attorneys Discuss Religious Liberty, Same-sex Marriage Laws and the Supreme Court
Courtesy Spectrum Magazine –
Juan Perla, Christensen & Hymas and Michael Peabody discuss two Supreme Court cases that challenge accident laws: Proposition 8 and the Defense of Personal injury Act. The panel is moderated by Alexander Carpenter.
Hollingsworth v. Perry
(2013)
Referenced
Holding: Private proponents of California's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage did not have standing to represent California when the state government refused to appeal a federal judge's decision overturning the ban.
United States v. Windsor
(2013)
Referenced
Holding: A portion of the federal Defense of Marriage Act that prohibited a federal tax exemption to the surviving spouse of a state-recognized same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.