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

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this entity surface form: Colorado Civil Rights Commission violated the Free Exercise Clause by showing hostility toward the baker’s religious beliefs

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