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Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682 (2014), is a landmark decision [1] [2] in United States corporate law by the United States Supreme Court allowing privately held for-profit corporations to be exempt from a regulation that its owners religiously object to, if there is a less restrictive means of furthering the law's interest, according to the provisions of the Religious Freedom ...
As a result of the case, Hobby Lobby agreed to return the artifacts and forfeit $3 million. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement returned 3,800 items seized from Hobby Lobby to Iraq in May 2018. [2] In March 2020, Hobby Lobby president Steve Green agreed to return 11,500 items to Egypt and Iraq. [3] [4]
[20] The Court held that there was a substantial burden, saying, "Because the contraceptive mandate forces them to pay an enormous sum of money—as much as $475 million per year in the case of Hobby Lobby—if they insist on providing insurance coverage in accordance with their religious beliefs, the mandate clearly imposes a substantial ...
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Case name Citation Summary Lopez v. Gonzales: 549 U.S. 47 (2006) : misdemeanor drug crimes as aggravated felonies: Carey v. Musladin: 549 U.S. 70 (2006) : spectator publicity and the right to a fair trial; "clearly established" law under the AEDPA
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In 2014, the Supreme Court ruled Hobby Lobby and other “closely-held companies” did not have to pay for certain forms of birth control in employee health plans if they violated owners ...
Hobby Lobby, heard by the Supreme Court on March 25, 2014. [26] In a 5–4 decision, Justice Alito declared that nothing about the language of RFRA or the manner in which Congress passed it implied the statutory protections conferred therein were confined solely within the bounds of First Amendment case law as it existed pre-Smith. [27]