DOMA update

Things are moving fast in multiple lawsuits against DOMA. Chris Geidner fills us in:

Gill v. Office of Personnel Management and Massachusetts v. Department of Health and Human Services: These two cases, decided by the First Circuit on May 31, are waiting on a filing by the Department of Justice and/or the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group to the Supreme Court asking the high court to hear the case.
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Golinski v. Office of Personnel Management: This case, an appeal from U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey S. White's Feb. 22 trial-court opinion striking down the law, is being briefed before the Ninth Circuit....
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Windsor v. United States: DOJ filed a notice of appeal in the case in which U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Jones found Section 3 of DOMA unconstitutional on June 6.
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Dragovich v. Department of Treasury: No notice of appeal has been filed from this May 24 decision, which involves both state and federal defendants due to the specific DOMA-impacted law -- affecting tax treatment for a California-offered long-term care plan -- being challenged.
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McLaughlin v. Panetta and Cooper-Harris v. United States: These two cases are addressing the constitutionality of different military and veterans' benefits given to married, same-sex couples. ...On June 6, DOJ was granted a request in McLaughlin to stay the case, or put it on hold, until the final mandate is issued by the First Circuit in the Massachusetts case. BLAG is seeking a similar delay in Cooper-Harris...
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Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management: This case is pending in federal trial court in Connecticut. It has been fully briefed, and the parties are awaiting a decision.