Chief Judge Is Retiring, Leaving Trail of Successes for Women on the Bench

New York Times
December 27, 2008
Judge Judith S. Kaye -- a longtime supporter of LGBT equality -- will retire from the N.Y. State Court of Appeals Wednesday. Her dissenting opinion in the court's 2006 decision against marriage for gay couples was cited by the high courts in Calif. and Conn. when they ruled in favor of marriage equality. [Link]