Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (2014)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:arguedDate March 25, 2014
gptkbp:citation 573 U.S. 682
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date June 30, 2014
gptkbp:decision majority
dissent
gptkbp:defendant Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Sonia_Sotomayor
Stephen Breyer (in part)
Elena Kagan (in part)
gptkbp:docketNumber 13-354
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Sylvia_Burwell,_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services,_et_al._v._Hobby_Lobby_Stores,_Inc.,_et_al.
gptkbp:heldBy Closely held for-profit corporations can be exempt from regulations that violate their religious beliefs under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part, reversed in part
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (2014)
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:legalIssue gptkb:Affordable_Care_Act_contraceptive_mandate
gptkb:Religious_Freedom_Restoration_Act
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:John_Roberts
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
gptkb:Samuel_Alito
Stephen Breyer (in part)
Elena Kagan (in part)
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Hobby_Lobby_Stores,_Inc.
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Affordable_Care_Act
gptkb:Religious_Freedom_Restoration_Act
gptkbp:subject religious liberty
contraceptive coverage
corporate rights
gptkbp:subsequentHistory Remanded
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:RFRA
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6