Supreme Court Oral Arguments on DOMA and California’s Proposition 8: Potential Employee Benefit Plan Implications

On March 26 and 27, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in cases challenging the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Californias Proposition 8. A Supreme Court ruling in either case may have significant implications for employee benefit plans in light of the many federally-mandated spousal benefits that currently do not extend to same-sex spouses in light of DOMA…