Title: BURWELL v. HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC. | Supreme Court | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Headings: BURWELL v. HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC.
BURWELL v. HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC.
Syllabus
certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the tenth circuit
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Opinion
on writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the tenth circuit
on writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the third circuit
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B
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B
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B
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Concurrence
on writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the tenth circuit
on writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the third circuit
Dissent
on writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the tenth circuit
on writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the third circuit
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A
B
II
III
A
B
C
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IV
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Dissent
on writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the tenth circuit
on writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the third circuit

Content: 13–354. Argued March 25, 2014—Decided June 30, 2014 1
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA) prohibits the “Government [from] substantially burden [ing] a person’s exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability” unless the Government “demonstrates that application of the burden to the person— (1) is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest; and (2) is the least restrictive means of furthering that compelling governmental interest.” 42 U. S. C. §§ 2000bb – 1 (a), (b). As amended by the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), RFRA covers “any exercise of religion, whether or not compelled by, or central to, a system of religious belief.” § 2000cc–5 (7) (A). At issue here are regulations promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), which, as relevant here, requires specified employers’ group health plans to furnish “preventive care and screenings” for women without “any cost sharing requirements,” 42 U. S. C. §300gg–13 (a) (4). Congress did not specify what types of preventive care must be covered; it authorized the Health Resources and Services Administration, a component of HHS, to decide. Ibid.