Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

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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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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 ⓘ
Free Speech Clause ⓘ
country 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 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. ⓘ
linked to: John G. Roberts Jr.

Neil M. Gorsuch ⓘ
Samuel A. Alito, Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Samuel A. Alito Jr.

Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
legalIssue First Amendment free exercise of religion ⓘ
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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