Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
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Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that closely held for-profit corporations can claim religious exemptions from certain federal regulations under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T61141 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. Context triple: [Free Exercise Clause, interpretedInCase, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.]
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Obergefell v. Hodges
Obergefell v. Hodges is the landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide by ruling that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.
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Cantwell v. Connecticut
Cantwell v. Connecticut is a 1940 U.S. Supreme Court case that first applied the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause to the states, striking down a state law that improperly restricted religious proselytizing.
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C.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to abortion.
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D.
NFIB v. Sebelius
NFIB v. Sebelius is the landmark 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that largely upheld the Affordable Care Act, notably ruling that its individual mandate could be sustained under Congress’s taxing power.
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E.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. Target entity description: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that closely held for-profit corporations can claim religious exemptions from certain federal regulations under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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A.
Obergefell v. Hodges
Obergefell v. Hodges is the landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide by ruling that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.
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B.
Cantwell v. Connecticut
Cantwell v. Connecticut is a 1940 U.S. Supreme Court case that first applied the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause to the states, striking down a state law that improperly restricted religious proselytizing.
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C.
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to abortion.
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D.
NFIB v. Sebelius
NFIB v. Sebelius is the landmark 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that largely upheld the Affordable Care Act, notably ruling that its individual mandate could be sustained under Congress’s taxing power.
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E.
Chiafalo v. Washington
Chiafalo v. Washington is a 2020 U.S. Supreme Court case that unanimously upheld states’ authority to penalize or replace “faithless electors” who do not vote in line with their state’s popular vote in presidential elections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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health law case ⓘ landmark case ⓘ religious freedom case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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health care law ⓘ religious liberty law ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 2014-03-25 ⓘ |
| citation | 573 U.S. 682 ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy | Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 2014-06-30 ⓘ |
| dissentBy | Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ |
| docketNumber |
13-354
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13-356 ⓘ |
| fullName | Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. self-link ⓘ |
| holding |
Closely held for-profit corporations can be "persons" under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act
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The HHS contraceptive mandate substantially burdened the exercise of religion of the companies’ owners ⓘ The government failed to show that the contraceptive mandate was the least restrictive means of furthering a compelling governmental interest under RFRA ⓘ |
| impact | expanded RFRA protections to certain for-profit corporations ⓘ |
| issueType | federal statutory interpretation ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Anthony M. Kennedy
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Antonin Scalia ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ |
| joinedDissentBy |
Elena Kagan
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Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
application of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to for-profit corporations
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contraceptive mandate under the Affordable Care Act ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ⓘ |
| petitioner |
Sylvia M. Burwell
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surface form:
Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services
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| precedentFor | religious exemptions for closely held corporations from federal regulations ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
contraceptive coverage requirement for employer-sponsored health insurance
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corporate personhood in U.S. law ⓘ religious rights of business corporations ⓘ |
| respondent |
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
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Mardel, Inc. ⓘ |
| result | HHS contraceptive mandate could not be applied to the closely held corporate respondents in its existing form ⓘ |
| shortName |
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby
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| statuteInterpreted |
Affordable Care Act
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surface form:
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Religious Freedom Restoration Act ⓘ
surface form:
Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993
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| subjectMatter |
employer-provided health insurance
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religious objections to contraception ⓘ reproductive health care ⓘ |
| termOfCourt | October Term 2013 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. Description of subject: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. is a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that closely held for-profit corporations can claim religious exemptions from certain federal regulations under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
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shortName
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Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby
this entity surface form:
Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius
this entity surface form:
Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius
this entity surface form:
U.S. Supreme Court decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (2014)
this entity surface form:
Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.