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REVELIS v. NAPOLITANO

Case No. 11 C 1991.

844 F.Supp.2d 915 (2012)

Demos REVELIS and Marcel Maas, Plaintiff, v. Janet NAPOLITANO, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, and Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

January 5, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erin Christine Cobb , Heather M. Benno , Justin Russell Burton , Kriezelman Burton & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff.

Jesi J. Carlson , Craig Arthur Oswald , United States Attorney's Office, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HARRY D. LEINENWEBER, District Judge.

The Plaintiffs, Demos Revelis ("Revelis") and Marcel Maas ("Maas") (collectively, the "Plaintiffs"), are a same-sex couple who married in Iowa. They seek to challenge the constitutionality of Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (the "DOMA"), 1 U.S.C. § 7. Defendants, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Eric Holder (collectively...

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