Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd.
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Masterpiece Cakeshop | 5 |
| Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T253149 — 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.
Target entity: Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. Context triple: [Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, petitioner, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd.]
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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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Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
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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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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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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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.
Target entity: Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. Target entity description: 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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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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B.
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
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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C.
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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D.
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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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 (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bakery
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business ⓘ limited liability company ⓘ |
| argumentInCase |
compelled creation of certain cakes would violate owner’s religious beliefs
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custom wedding cakes are expressive conduct ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | Jack Phillips ⓘ |
| associatedWithTopic |
LGBT rights in the United States
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freedom of expression ⓘ religious liberty in the United States ⓘ |
| businessType | small business ⓘ |
| caseCitation |
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
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surface form:
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 584 U.S. ___ (2018)
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| city | Lakewood ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| foundedBy | Jack Phillips ⓘ |
| hasLegalCase | Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission ⓘ |
| hasName |
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd.
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Masterpiece Cakeshop
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| holdingCharacterization | decision focused on hostility toward religion by Colorado Civil Rights Commission ⓘ |
| industry |
food service
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retail bakery ⓘ |
| involvedInEvent | refusal in 2012 to design a custom wedding cake for a same-sex couple ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Colorado Civil Rights Commission ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
free exercise of religion
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freedom of speech ⓘ public accommodations anti-discrimination law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | public accommodation under Colorado law ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
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Denver–Aurora–Lakewood metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form:
Denver metropolitan area
Lakewood, Colorado ⓘ United States Supreme Court case context ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive national media attention ⓘ |
| notableFor |
involvement in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
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litigation over refusal to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Jack Phillips ⓘ |
| partyTo | complaint filed by Charlie Craig and David Mullins ⓘ |
| product |
baked goods
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custom-designed cakes ⓘ wedding cakes ⓘ |
| region | Front Range Urban Corridor ⓘ |
| regulatingLaw | Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliationOfOwner | Christian ⓘ |
| resultOfSupremeCourtCase | narrow ruling in favor of Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. ⓘ |
| state | Colorado ⓘ |
| subjectOf | U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2018 ⓘ |
| typeOfBusiness | custom cake shop ⓘ |
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Subject: Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (6)
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