Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

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United States Supreme Court case legal case

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.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Colorado Civil Rights Commission violated the Free Exercise Clause by showing hostility toward the baker’s religious beliefs 0 1
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 584 U.S. ___ (2018) 0 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case →
legal case →
citation 584 U.S. ___ (2018) →
concurrenceBy Clarence Thomas →
Elena Kagan →
Neil M. Gorsuch →
Stephen G. Breyer →
constitutionalProvision First Amendment to the United States Constitution →
Free Exercise Clause →
First Amendment to the United States Constitution →
surface form: Free Speech Clause
country United States of America →
surface form: United States
decisionDate 2018-06-04 →
didNotHold that businesses have a broad First Amendment right to refuse service to same-sex couples →
dissentBy Ruth Bader Ginsburg →
dissentJoinedBy Sonia Sotomayor →
docketNumber 16-111 →
holding Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Colorado Civil Rights Commission violated the Free Exercise Clause by showing hostility toward the baker’s religious beliefs

the Commission’s treatment of the case was inconsistent with the State’s obligation of religious neutrality →
the decision was based on the particular facts of the case and was narrow in scope →
jurisdiction Supreme Court of the United States →
justiceInDissent Ruth Bader Ginsburg →
Sonia Sotomayor →
justiceInMajority Anthony M. Kennedy →
Clarence Thomas →
Elena Kagan →
John G. Roberts Jr. →
surface form: John G. Roberts, Jr.

Neil M. Gorsuch →
Samuel A. Alito Jr. →
surface form: Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

Stephen G. Breyer →
legalIssue First Amendment free exercise of religion →
First Amendment to the United States Constitution →
surface form: First Amendment freedom of speech

LGBT anti-discrimination protections →
state public accommodations law →
locationOfDispute Lakewood, Colorado →
majorityOpinionBy Anthony M. Kennedy →
majorityVote 7-2 →
notableFor narrow ruling emphasizing religious neutrality in enforcement of anti-discrimination laws →
originatingCourt Colorado Civil Rights Commission →
originatingState Colorado →
party Charlie Craig →
David Mullins →
petitioner Jack Phillips →
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. →
respondent Colorado Civil Rights Commission →
statuteInvolved Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act →
subjectMatter refusal to create a custom wedding cake for a same-sex couple →
subsequentHistory influenced later litigation over conflicts between religious objections and LGBT anti-discrimination laws →
term October Term 2017 →
topic LGBT rights in the United States →
public accommodations law →
religious liberty in the United States →

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Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. → caseCitation → Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission →
this entity surface form: Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 584 U.S. ___ (2018)
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. → hasLegalCase → Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission →
Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act → hasNotableCase → Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission →
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission → holding → Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Colorado Civil Rights Commission violated the Free Exercise Clause by showing hostility toward the baker’s religious beliefs
Free Exercise Clause → interpretedInCase → Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission →
Jack Phillips → legalCaseInvolved → Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission →
Colorado Civil Rights Commission → notableCase → Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission →
David Mullins → notableFor → Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission →
Jack Phillips → notableWork → Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission →
Colorado Civil Rights Commission → partyIn → Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission →
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia → relatedTo → Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission →
David Mullins → religiousFreedomCaseInvolvement → Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission →