Langan v. St. Vincent's Hospital

Langan v. St. Vincent's Hospital
Seal of the Second Department
Court	New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department
Full case name	John Langan, Individually and as Executor of Neil Conrad Spicehandler, also known as Neal Spicehandler, Deceased, Respondent, v. St. Vincent's Hospital of New York, Appellant
Decided	October 11, 2005
Citation	25 A.D.3d 90, 802 N.Y.S.2d 476, 2005 N.Y. Slip Op. 07495
Case history
Appealed from	New York Supreme Court
Appealed to	New York Court of Appeals
Court membership
Judges sitting	H. Miller, Schmidt, Lifson, Fisher, Crane
Case opinions
Same-sex partner in civil union recognized by another state is not a "spouse" under New York law.
Majority	Lifson, joined by H. Miller, Schmidt
Dissent	Fisher, joined by Crane

Langan v. St. Vincent's Hospital is a 2005 decision of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, which held that a same-sex partner married in a Vermont civil union was not a "surviving spouse" under New York's wrongful death statute and that limiting the statute to heterosexual marriages did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution or the analogous provision in the New York Constitution. ^{[1] : 147, 156}

References

1. Harris, Christin (2006). "Langan v. St. Vincent's Hospital of New York". New York State Constitutional Decisions: 2006 Compilation. Touro Law Review . 22 (1): 147–156.