Dragovich et al v. United States Department of the Treasury et al

Filing 88

ORDER by Judge Claudia Wilken Granting 72 Motion of the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives to Intervene for a Limited Purpose. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/10/2011)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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MICHAEL DRAGOVICH, et al.,
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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, et al., )
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Defendants.
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No. CV 4:10-01564-CW
ORDER GRANTING
MOTION OF THE
BIPARTISAN LEGAL
ADVISORY GROUP OF THE U.S.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TO INTERVENE FOR A
LIMITED PURPOSE

ORDER
UPON CONSIDERATION OF the Motion of the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of
the U.S. House of Representatives to Intervene for a Limited Purpose (“Motion”), the
Opposition, and the entire record herein, it is by the Court this 10th day of June, 2011,
ORDERED THAT the Motion is GRANTED. The group may intervene for the limited purpose
of litigating--in the context of a motion or cross-motions for summary judgment--the
constitutionality of Section III of DOMA under the equal protection component of the Fifth
Amendment's Due Process Clause, and/or noticing an appeal from any final judgment of this
Court holding that DOMA is not constitutional under the equal protection component of the Fifth
Amendment's Due Process Clause.
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CLAUDIA WILKEN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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