Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
E11639
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia is a 2021 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously ruled that Philadelphia violated a Catholic foster care agency’s religious freedom by excluding it from the foster program over its refusal to certify same-sex couples.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fulton v. City of Philadelphia canonical | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First Amendment case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ court case ⓘ religious freedom case ⓘ |
| appliedTest | strict scrutiny ⓘ |
| concerns |
Catholic Social Services
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Social Services foster care program
City of Philadelphia foster care system ⓘ |
| decisionType | unanimous decision ⓘ |
| didNotOverrule | Employment Division v. Smith ⓘ |
| hasArgumentDate | 2020-11-04 ⓘ |
| hasChiefJustice |
John G. Roberts Jr.
ⓘ
surface form:
John G. Roberts, Jr.
|
| hasCitation |
141 S. Ct. 1868
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210 L. Ed. 2d 137 ⓘ 593 U.S. ___ ⓘ |
| hasConcurringJustice |
Amy Coney Barrett
ⓘ
Brett M. Kavanaugh ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ Elena Kagan ⓘ Neil M. Gorsuch ⓘ Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
surface form:
Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ |
| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| hasDecisionDate | 2021-06-17 ⓘ |
| hasDocketNumber | 19-123 ⓘ |
| hasLegalIssue |
Free Exercise Clause
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surface form:
Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment
LGBT rights and foster care certification ⓘ religious freedom in government contracting ⓘ |
| hasOpinionAuthor |
John G. Roberts Jr.
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surface form:
John G. Roberts, Jr.
|
| hasPetitioner |
Catholic Social Services
ⓘ
Sharonell Fulton ⓘ |
| hasRespondent |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
City of Philadelphia
|
| hasSubjectArea |
LGBT rights in the United States
ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ religion and the law ⓘ |
| hasTerm | October Term 2020 ⓘ |
| hasVote | 9-0 ⓘ |
| holding |
Philadelphia violated the Free Exercise Clause by refusing to contract with Catholic Social Services unless it agreed to certify same-sex couples as foster parents
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The City’s refusal to contract with Catholic Social Services unless it agreed to certify same-sex couples burdened religious exercise and was not justified under strict scrutiny ⓘ |
| interpretsPrecedent | Employment Division v. Smith ⓘ |
| involves |
religious objections to certifying same-sex couples
ⓘ
same-sex couples seeking foster parent certification ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal question jurisdiction ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
ⓘ
Obergefell v. Hodges ⓘ |
| reliefGranted | injunctive relief allowing Catholic Social Services to participate in the foster care program without certifying same-sex couples ⓘ |
| reversed | Third Circuit decision ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.