WilmerHale Plays Key Role in Historic Supreme Court Ruling Favoring Marriage Equality

Washington DC (June 26, 2013) – Today the Supreme Court of the United States issued two long-awaited decisions affecting the legality of same-sex marriage. The law firm WilmerHale played a significant role in both cases, which involved challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Proposition 8. In United States v. Windsor, the Court struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act of 1996. The Court’s opinion tracks arguments made in an amicus brief WilmerHale filed on behalf of more than a dozen former Solicitors General of the United States, White House