In the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States of America, petitioner, v. Edith Schlain Windsor, in her capacity as executor of the estate of Thea Clara Spyer and Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the United States House of Representatives, respondents : on writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit : brief of 278 employers and organizations representing employers as amici curiae in support of respondent Edith Schlain Windsor (merits brief) / Sabin Willett [and 11 others].