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Text of Tenth Circuit Decision in Hobby Lobby Contraceptive Mandate Case (PDF)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Link to more items from this source
June 27, 2013

165 pages. Excerpt: "The district court ruled that the corporations failed the likelihood-of-success element because even closely held family businesses like Hobby Lobby and Mardel are not protected by [the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)]. We disagree with this conclusion and determine that the contraceptive-coverage requirement substantially burdens Hobby Lobby and Mardel's rights under RFRA. And at this stage, the government has not shown a narrowly tailored compelling interest to justify this burden.... [We] hold as a matter of statutory interpretation that Congress did not exclude for-profit corporations from RFRA's protections. Such corporations can be 'persons' exercising religion for purposes of the statute. Second, as a matter of constitutional law, Free Exercise rights may extend to some for-profit organizations." [Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius et al., No. 12-6294 (10th Cir. June 27, 2013)]

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