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SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius

5:12-cv-01000 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Filed Date: Sept. 12, 2012

Closed Date: Sept. 4, 2014

This case was about whether private companies were entitled to a religious exception to covering emergency contraception under the Affordable Care Act. Please note that this case was previously titled Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores. Sylvia Burwell was automatically substituted as petitioner when she was approved by the U.S. Senate as the Secretary of Health and Human Services after being nominated by President Barack Obama to replace Kathleen Sebelius following Sebelius' resignation on Apr. 10,…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Zubik v. Burwell [II]

2:13-cv-01459 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 9, 2013

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2017

This case is one of the many filed in federal district courts across the country by non-profit Catholic organizations challenging the ACA's system for ensuring that employee health insurance covers birth control. Specifically, the plaintiffs objected to notifying the government or their health insurer that they were claiming a religious exemption from the ACA regulation's mandatory insurance coverage for contraception. The current regulatory accommodation allows religious organizations who obje…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Persico v. Sebelius

1:13-cv-00303 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Filed Date: Oct. 8, 2013

Closed Date: Oct. 20, 2017

On October 8, 2013, three Catholic non-profit 501(c)(3)s and a trustee for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, Department of Treasury, and their respective Secretaries in their official capacities. Plaintiffs sued under the Administrative Procedure Act, the Declaratory Judgment Act, and Religious Freedom R…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Ozinga v. Sebelius

1:13-cv-03292 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: March 1, 2013

Closed Date: May 22, 2018

On March 1, 2013, the Christian owners of a closely-held corporation and the corporation itself filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The plaintiffs sued the federal government (the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury) under the First Amendment, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("RFRA"), and the Administrative Procedures Act ("APA"). The plaintiffs, represented by in-house counsel, the Thomas More Society, an…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
California v. Health and Human Services

4:17-cv-05783 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: May 4, 2017

Case Ongoing

On May 4, 2017, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to “restore religious freedom.” The order suggested that federal agencies amend regulations about the preventative care mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to increase the pool of employers allowed to claim an exemption from providing contraceptive coverage. The agencies then issued two Interim Final Rules (IFRs) expanding the scope of the religious and moral exemptions. Any employer or health insurer with religious or moral…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
American Civil Liberties Union v. Wright

4:17-cv-05772 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: Oct. 6, 2017

Closed Date: Nov. 2, 2018

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) required that health insurance plans include contraception coverage without a copay. This lawsuit challenged an Interim Final Regulation (IFR) promulgated by the Trump administration which allowed any entity to discriminate against women by invoking religious or moral beliefs to opt out of that requirement. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) brought this lawsuit on Octobe…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Triune Health Group, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Health and Human Servs.

1:12-cv-06756 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Aug. 22, 2012

Closed Date: March 22, 2019

On August 22, 2012, Triune Health Group, Inc. filed this lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois against the US Department of Health and Human Services, under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Administrative Procedure Act. The plaintiffs, represented by the Jubilee Campaign the Thomas More Society and private counsel, sought to enjoin enforcement of provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) extending universal contraception coverage in employer-sponsored private health insura…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Dordt College v. Sebelius

5:13-cv-04100 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

Filed Date: Oct. 23, 2013

Closed Date: June 12, 2018

On October 23, 2013, a non-profit organization filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa under the First Amendment, Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), and the Administrative Procedure Act against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The plaintiff, represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom, asked the court to rule that the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) contraception insurance mandate, even with the accommodation for non-profit religious or…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Bindon v. Sebelius

1:13-cv-01207 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Aug. 5, 2013

Case Ongoing

On August 5, 2013, a for-profit company filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of D.C. under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the First and Fifth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. §§ 551 et seq.). The named plaintiffs were the company and its shareholders and the defendants were the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Treasury, and the U.S. Department of Labor. Represented by the Alliance Defendin…
SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Wheaton College v. Sebelius

1:13-cv-08910 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Dec. 13, 2013

Closed Date: April 3, 2019

On December 13, 2013, Wheaton College, a Christian school, filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The college sued the Department of Health and Human Services under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. §§ 551 et seq.). The college, represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, asked the court for declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the Final Mandate of the Affordable Care Act, whic…