Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

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United States Supreme Court case health law case landmark case religious freedom case

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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Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius	2
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby	1
U.S. Supreme Court decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (2014)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ health law case ⓘ landmark case ⓘ religious freedom case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ health care law ⓘ religious liberty law ⓘ
arguedDate	2014-03-25 ⓘ
citation	573 U.S. 682 ⓘ
concurrenceBy	Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	2014-06-30 ⓘ
dissentBy	Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
docketNumber	13-354 ⓘ 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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ Antonin Scalia ⓘ Clarence Thomas ⓘ John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
joinedDissentBy	Elena Kagan ⓘ Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
legalIssue	application of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to for-profit corporations ⓘ 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 ⓘ surface form: Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services
precedentFor	religious exemptions for closely held corporations from federal regulations ⓘ
relatedTo	contraceptive coverage requirement for employer-sponsored health insurance ⓘ corporate personhood in U.S. law ⓘ religious rights of business corporations ⓘ
respondent	Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. ⓘ 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 ⓘ surface form: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby
statuteInterpreted	Affordable Care Act ⓘ surface form: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Religious Freedom Restoration Act ⓘ surface form: Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993
subjectMatter	employer-provided health insurance ⓘ religious objections to contraception ⓘ reproductive health care ⓘ
termOfCourt	October Term 2013 ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius

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this entity surface form: Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius

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this entity surface form: U.S. Supreme Court decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (2014)