Legal Opinion
Stormans, Inc. v. Wiesman
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 28, 2016No. 15-862Relating-toCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2DissentJustice Alito, joined by The Chief Justice and Justice Thomas
This case is an ominous sign.
At issue are Washington State regulations that are likely to make a pharmacist unemployable if he or she objects on religious grounds to dispensing certain prescription medications. There are strong reasons to doubt whether the regulations were adopted for-or that they actually serve-any legitimate purpose. And there is much evidence that the impetus for the adoption of the regulations was hostility to pharmacists whose religious beliefs regarding abortion and contraception are out of step with prevailing opinion in…
3Cases cited6 opinions
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- 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
- Stormans Inc v. John WiesmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
- Stormans, Inc. v. SeleckyDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 2012
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