Windsor v. The United States Of America

Filing 52

MOTION to Dismiss. Document filed by Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives.(Kircher, Kerry)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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EDITH SCHLAIN WINDSOR, in her
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capacity as executor of the estate of
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THEA CLARA SPYER,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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Defendant.
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Civil Action No. 10-CV-8435 (BSJ)(JCF)

INTERVENOR-DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS
Intervenor-Defendant, the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of
Representatives, through its undersigned counsel, hereby moves to dismiss this action pursuant
to Rule 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. To the extent that this
Court finds that Plaintiff has standing, this action should be dismissed for failure to state a claim
upon which relief can be granted.
The grounds for this motion are more fully set forth in the accompanying Memorandum.

Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Paul D. Clement
Paul D. Clement
H. Christopher Bartolomucci
Conor B. Dugan
Nicholas J. Nelson
BANCROFT PLLC
1919 M Street, Northwest, Suite 470
Washington, District of Columbia 20036
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
Counsel for the Bipartisan Legal Advisory
Group of the U.S. House of Representatives
OF COUNSEL:
Kerry W. Kircher, General Counsel
Christine Davenport, Senior Assistant Counsel
Katherine E. McCarron, Assistant Counsel
William Pittard, Assistant Counsel
Kirsten W. Konar, Assistant Counsel
OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL
U.S. House of Representatives
219 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, District of Columbia 20515
Telephone:
[phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
August 1, 2011

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I certify that on August 1, 2011, I served one copy of Intervenor-Defendant’s Motion to
Dismiss by CM/ECF and by electronic mail (.pdf format) on the following:

Roberta A. Kaplan, Esquire, & Andrew J. Ehrlich, Esquire
PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York City, New York 10019-6064
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Alexis Karteron, Esquire, & Arthur Eisenberg, Esquire
NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION
125 Broad Street, 19th Floor
New York City, New York 10004
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
James D. Esseks, Esquire, Melissa Goodman, Esquire, & Rose A. Saxe, Esquire
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION
125 Broad Street
New York City, New York 10004
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Jean Lin, Esquire
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, CIVIL DIVISION
20 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Seventh Floor
Washington, District of Columbia 20530
[e-mail]
Simon Heller, Esquire
STATE OF NEW YORK OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
120 Broadway
New York City, New York 10271
[e-mail]

/s/ Kerry W. Kircher
Kerry W. Kircher