Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

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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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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 ⓘ
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. ⓘ
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 Mathews Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services ⓘ
linked to: Sylvia M. Burwell
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 ⓘ
statuteInterpreted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ⓘ
linked to: Affordable Care Act

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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