The Regent Hong Kong was rated No. 2, the city's Peninsula No. 3, the Oriental in Bangkok No. 4, Hong Kong's Island Shangri-La No. 6 and its sister property in Bangkok No. 8. (The No. 1 spot went to the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans).
But one thing the city lacks is great hotels, especially for romantics, and fortunately the Windsor Court fills this void with a quiet location outside the French Quarter, but not too far away, the best of both words, with easy access to the now trendy Warehouse District and its galleries, boutiques and museums.
He openly expressed skepticism in Hollingsworth and led the Court in an hour-long debate in Windsor solely focused on whether the court has jurisdiction.
Tim O'Donovan, an 81-year-old retired insurance broker from Windsor, used the court circular - introduced by King George III and published daily in the Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Scotsman - to come to his estimate.
Although the federal government no longer defends Doma, it is the New York case, first brought by a widow called Edith Windsor, that the Supreme Court will hear.
When Windsor's lawyer argued in court there was a "sea change" afoot today in support of same-sex marriage that leaves DOMA outdated, Roberts said that is because of "the political effectiveness of those on your side" swaying public opinion.
Simon Wyn-Davies, 38, a soldier from Windsor, was sentenced at Reading Crown Court after pleading guilty to 22 counts of rape on a child under 13.
But the court need not base its decision in Windsor on the merits of the same-sex marriage question.
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Although the legal question is close, the court could take the same path in Windsor holding that DOMA improperly intrudes on the reserved powers of the states.
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Even with those cases pending, Windsor said last fall -- when the lower court decided in her favor, three years after Spyer's death -- that she felt she could finally breathe and celebrate.
The case was then appealed to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals where that court agreed that DOMA denies Ms. Windsor and other same sex marriages in those states that recognize the legality of the same the equal protection guaranteed her by the United States Constitution.
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This week we have had quite a stir in the Supreme Court with hearings on both the Perry and Windsor same-sex marriage cases being held.
In light of this constitutional command, Chief Justice John Roberts said the administration was making an unprecedented bid to invoke Supreme Court jurisdiction, given that it and Ms. Windsor both believed lower courts were correct in striking down the law.
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While the Supreme Court will be reviewing an estate tax case, Windsor v.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York agreed with Windsor that DOMA violated her federal equal protection right.
At any rate, the Court concluded, the federal tax lien had priority over the alleged Windsor I mortgage, since the U.S. filed its tax lien and Windsor I had never recorded it.
If the Supreme Court finds that it does not have the authority to hear the case, Windsor probably would still get her refund because she won in the lower courts.
Like the Proposition 8 case from California, Windsor's lawsuit could falter on a legal technicality without a definitive ruling from the high court.
That is expected to happen when the Supreme Court will weigh the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act through the prism of Windsor and Spyer's story.
In October, Windsor got an answer in the form of a ruling opinion from the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York agreed with a district judge that the provision of DOMA deprived Windsor of the constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the law.
Ms. Windsor's story resonated with couples who were among hundreds of gay-marriage supporters gathered outside the high court Wednesday morning, playing music and waving American and rainbow flags.
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Christine Quinn, the city's first openly gay City Council speaker, marched along with Edie Windsor, whose pivotal case to win the same rights for gay couples as heterosexual couples is before the Supreme Court.
Though Ms. Windsor's lawyers didn't challenge the House lawmakers' legal standing in the case, the Supreme Court appointed a Harvard Law professor, Vicki Jackson, to argue that the House appeal should be thrown out because the lawmakers wouldn't suffer any injury if the law were nullified.
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