Golinski v. Office of Personnel Management

Golinski v. Office of Personnel Management, 824 F. Supp. 2d 968 (N.D. Cal.), was a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiff, Karen Golinski, challenged the constitutionality of section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defined, for the purposes of federal law, marriage as being between one man and one woman, and spouse as a husband or wife of the opposite sex.

Golinski v. Office of Personnel Management

Golinski v. Office of Personnel Management, 824 F. Supp. 2d 968 (N.D. Cal.), was a lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The plaintiff, Karen Golinski, challenged the constitutionality of section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defined, for the purposes of federal law, marriage as being between one man and one woman, and spouse as a husband or wife of the opposite sex.