Vallejos v Commissioner of Registration
Vallejos and Domingo v. Commissioner of Registration was a court case against the government of Hong Kong by two foreign domestic helpers (FDHs) seeking permanent residence and the right of abode in Hong Kong. Because of its subject matter it was commonly referred to in the media as the FDHs' right of abode case (外傭居港權案). Evangeline Vallejos and Daniel Domingo were two of five applicants who in various groups filed three right of abode lawsuits in 2010; the ruling in Vallejos' case was expected to be a precedent for the other two.
Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services
On June 29, BLAG filed a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court in "Gill". The DOJ filed a petition in this case on July 3, while asking the Supreme Court to review "Golinski v. Office of Personnel Management" as well. The DOJ's petitions in "Gill" and "Massachusetts" raised the question of whether section 3 violates the Equal Protection Clause. In its reply to those petitions, filed on July 20, 2012, Massachusetts proposed the additional questions of whether section 3 violates the Tenth Amendment and the Spending Clause. BLAG on July 30 asked for extension of the August 2 deadline for its responses to the DOJ petition in this case and in "Golinski" to August 31, which request was granted. The petition for the writ of certiorari was dismissed after "United States v. Windsor" was decided.