Same Sex Marriage Cases
Hollingsworth v Perry
United States v Windsor
Hollingsworth v Perry
- Filed on behalf of two same-sex couples
- Seeks to block California's Proposition 8, which states marriage is between a man and a woman
- Proposition 8 was approved by California voters in 2008, overriding a state court decision that allowed same-sex marriage
United States v Windsor
- Challenges the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
- DOMA was passed by Congress in 1996
- Under DOMA, same-sex marriages approved at the state level are not recognized by the federal government