Legal Opinion
Michigan Catholic Conference & Catholic Family Services v. Burwell
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 21, 2015No. 13-2723, 13-6640PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) requires health insurance plans to provide coverage for contraception — a requirement commonly known as the contraceptive mandate. Religious employers, employers with fewer than fifty employees, and grandfathered plans are exempt from this mandate; Non-profit entities and closely held corporations who object to the mandate on religious grounds may seek an accommodation. That accommodation effectively insulates these entities from the contraception-provision process: they no longer have to pay for…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Bowen v. RoySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2014
- Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. v. SebeliusCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2013
- Priests for Life v. United States Department of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2014
- United States v. FridayCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2008
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Commonwealth of MA v. Dep't of Health & Human Servs.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2019
- The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta v. Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
- Grace Schools v. Sylvia Mathews BurwellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2015
- Sharpe Holdings, Inc. v. United States Department of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2015
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