????羅比?卡普蘭與伊蒂絲?溫莎起訴《捍衛(wèi)婚姻法案》獲勝

????寶維斯律師事務(wù)所（Paul, Weiss）合伙人卡普蘭在84歲老婦溫莎上訴至美國(guó)最高法院的案件中擔(dān)任代理人。今年7月，經(jīng)過(guò)卡普蘭的努力，法院最終裁定，《捍衛(wèi)婚姻法案》（Defense Against Marriage Act）中的部分條款違憲，如否定同性婚姻與異性婚姻享有同等稅務(wù)、健康和退休金福利等。目前，美國(guó)許多州仍未實(shí)現(xiàn)婚姻平等，依然在執(zhí)行縮水版的《捍衛(wèi)婚姻法案》，但卡普蘭和溫莎的成功卻向削弱這些法律邁出了一大步。

????Robbie Kaplan and Edith Windsor strike down DOMA

????Paul, Weiss partner Kaplan represented 84-year-old Windsor in a case brought to the Supreme Court. In July, Kaplan's work led the justices to strike down a significant portion of the Defense Against Marriage Act, which denied same-sex marriages the same tax, health, and pension benefits as heterosexual marriages, in July. There are still plenty of states without marriage equality and their own mini-DOMAs, but Kaplan and Windsor's success was a huge step toward diminishing such laws.