• Dragovich v. US Department of Treasury (10cv1564): In a challenge in Oakland, Calif., involving federal tax benefits offered for medical insurance for opposite-sex spouses, but not same-sex spouses, US District Judge Claudia Wilken struck down DOMA on May 25, saying it was based on “moral condemnation” of same-sex couples and violated constitutional standards in denying benefits to same-sex couples married under California law.
• McLaughlin v. Panetta (11cv11905) is a class action suit in federal court in Boston challenging DOMA on behalf of US military service members and their same-sex spouses who are denied the same federal benefits awarded to opposite-sex spouses.
• Joanne Pedersen v. OPM (10cv1750) is a DOMA challenge before a federal judge in New Haven, Conn. Ms. Pedersen is seeking access to the same benefits with her same-sex spouse as are offered to opposite-sex married spouses.
• Edith Windsor v. US (10cv8435) is a DOMA case before a federal judge in Manhattan. The suit challenges an Internal Revenue Service requirement that Ms. Windsor pay federal inheritance tax on her same-sex spouse's estate. Heterosexual married couples at the same income level are not subject to the estate tax under current law.
