Legal Opinion
Ave Maria Foundation v. Sebelius
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided January 13, 2014No. Case No. 13-cv-15198PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
STEPHEN J. MURPHY, III, District Judge.
Plaintiffs are five nonprofit organizations seeking to invalidate federal regulations that require employer-sponsored health insurance plans to include coverage for contraceptives, abortifacients, and sterilization at no cost to the plan beneficiaries. All five organizations object to the challenged regulations for religious reasons, and none of the organizations qualify for a “straight-up” exemption. Although Plaintiffs could avoid the requirement through an accommodation for religious objectors, to…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of HialeahSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- University of Notre Dame v. Kathleen SebeliusCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014
- Archdiocese of St. Louis v. BurwellDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 2014
- Colorado Christian University v. SebeliusDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 2014
- Dobson v. SebeliusDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 2014
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