Scardina v. Masterpiece Cakeshop
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Scardina v. Masterpiece Cakeshop is a Colorado lawsuit in which attorney Autumn Scardina sued baker Jack Phillips and his bakery for refusing to create a cake celebrating her gender transition, raising renewed questions about the balance between LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination protections and religious freedom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Scardina v. Masterpiece Cakeshop canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1539313 — 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)
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Target entity: Scardina v. Masterpiece Cakeshop Context triple: [Jack Phillips, legalCaseInvolved, Scardina v. Masterpiece Cakeshop]
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Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission is a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled, on narrow grounds, that Colorado officials had shown unconstitutional hostility toward a baker’s religious beliefs when enforcing anti-discrimination laws against his refusal to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
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Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd.
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. is a Colorado bakery best known for its central role in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case involving religious freedom and anti-discrimination laws.
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DeBoer v. Snyder
DeBoer v. Snyder was a federal court case challenging Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban that became one of the key cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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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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United States v. Windsor
United States v. Windsor is a landmark 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down key parts of the Defense of Marriage Act, advancing federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
- 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: Scardina v. Masterpiece Cakeshop Target entity description: Scardina v. Masterpiece Cakeshop is a Colorado lawsuit in which attorney Autumn Scardina sued baker Jack Phillips and his bakery for refusing to create a cake celebrating her gender transition, raising renewed questions about the balance between LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination protections and religious freedom.
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A.
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission is a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled, on narrow grounds, that Colorado officials had shown unconstitutional hostility toward a baker’s religious beliefs when enforcing anti-discrimination laws against his refusal to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
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Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd.
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. is a Colorado bakery best known for its central role in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case involving religious freedom and anti-discrimination laws.
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C.
DeBoer v. Snyder
DeBoer v. Snyder was a federal court case challenging Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban that became one of the key cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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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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United States v. Windsor
United States v. Windsor is a landmark 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case that struck down key parts of the Defense of Marriage Act, advancing federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Colorado state court case
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civil rights case ⓘ lawsuit ⓘ |
| allegedConduct | refusal to create requested cake ⓘ |
| causeOfAction |
refusal of service in a place of public accommodation
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violation of Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act ⓘ |
| centralConflict | conflict between LGBTQ+ equality norms and religious objections ⓘ |
| courtLevel | state trial court ⓘ |
| defendant |
Jack Phillips
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Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. ⓘ
surface form:
Masterpiece Cakeshop
|
| defendantOccupation | baker ⓘ |
| defendantReligiousIdentity |
Christianity
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surface form:
Christian
|
| forum |
Colorado Supreme Court
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surface form:
Colorado state court system
|
| implicatedRight |
right to be free from discrimination in public accommodations
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right to free exercise of religion ⓘ right to free speech of business owners ⓘ |
| industryContext | wedding and celebration services industry ⓘ |
| involves |
custom cake design
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gender transition cake request ⓘ transgender rights ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Colorado
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| legalContext |
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
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surface form:
First Amendment of the United States Constitution
state anti-discrimination statutes ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
alleged discrimination based on sex
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alleged discrimination based on transgender status ⓘ free exercise of religion ⓘ free speech ⓘ |
| legalSignificance |
part of ongoing litigation involving Jack Phillips
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tests application of anti-discrimination law to gender transition celebrations ⓘ |
| locationOfDefendantBusiness | Lakewood, Colorado ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | national ⓘ |
| partyRoleOfAutumnScardina | attorney ⓘ |
| plaintiff | Autumn Scardina ⓘ |
| plaintiffGenderIdentity | transgender woman ⓘ |
| proceedingType | civil action ⓘ |
| publicAttention | high ⓘ |
| raisesQuestion |
extent to which religious beliefs can justify refusal of service
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scope of protections for transgender customers under public accommodations laws ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
LGBTQ+ rights in the United States
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Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission ⓘ religious liberty litigation in the United States ⓘ |
| serviceRequested | cake celebrating gender transition ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination law
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public accommodations law ⓘ religious freedom ⓘ |
| typeOfDiscriminationAlleged | discrimination in commercial services ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Scardina v. Masterpiece Cakeshop Description of subject: Scardina v. Masterpiece Cakeshop is a Colorado lawsuit in which attorney Autumn Scardina sued baker Jack Phillips and his bakery for refusing to create a cake celebrating her gender transition, raising renewed questions about the balance between LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination protections and religious freedom.
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