Legal Opinion
Beckwith Electric Co. v. Sebelius
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided June 25, 2013No. Case No. 8:13-cv-0648-T-17MAPPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1331 ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
ELIZABETH A. KOVACHEVICH, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, Beckwith Electric Co., Inc. (“Beckwith Electric”), and Thomas R. Beckwith (“Beckwith”), seek a preliminary-injunction to enjoin the enforcement of a regulatory mandate that compels health care coverage that would include provision of any FDA-defined emergency contraceptive and other named alternatives. As grounds for relief, plaintiffs rely on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”), 42 U.S.C § 2000bb, et seq., and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. Having…
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