Same-Sex Marriage, Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd v Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Anti-Discrimination Policies

U.S. Supreme Court: First Amendment Entitled ‘Expressive’ Web Designer to Refuse Service to Same-Sex Couples

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/3/2023

Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) constituted an impermissible infringement on its citizens’ First Amendment right to freedom of speech, as the Act could compel individuals and businesses to engage in speech with...more

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Case Testing Limits of State Anti-Discrimination Law

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/13/2022

The U.S. Supreme Court weighed the rights of LGBTQ+ people to be free from discrimination in the marketplace against a Colorado business owner’s right to free speech when it heard oral argument in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis...more

Web Exclusive - June 2018: The Top 18 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 7/10/2018

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

Masterpiece Cakeshop: Considerations for Employers

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on 7/2/2018

On June 4, 2018, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, ultimately siding with the baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay...more

Colorado Cake Bias Case Holds Lessons for Public Agencies - U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Shows Importance of Eliminating Bias from...

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 7/2/2018

The high-profile U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding a Colorado wedding cake has important implications for public agencies, which must often act in a quasi-judicial capacity. ...more

U.S. Supreme Court Roundup – 2017-2018

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 6/29/2018

The U.S. Supreme Court term that ended June 2018 included decisions on many topics important to workplace law, including class action waivers in employment arbitration agreements, public-sector “agency shop” arrangements, and...more

Let Them Eat Cake: U.S. Supreme Court Admonishes Colorado Civil Rights Commission To Avoid Anti-Religious Bias

Troutman Pepper Locke on 6/28/2018

Q: Can an employer discriminate against members of the LGBT community on the basis of the employer’s religious beliefs? ...more

Let Them Eat Cake: Religious Accommodations, LGBTQ Rights and Other Workplace Implications of SCOTUS’ Masterpiece Cakeshop...

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 6/20/2018

In a highly anticipated ruling, in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of a cake shop owner who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because of...more

Baker Takes the Cake in U.S. Supreme Court’s Narrow Holding on Refusal to Make Wedding Cake for Same-Sex Couple

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 6/14/2018

On June 4, 2018, a 7-2 United States Supreme Court in Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. et al. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission et al. reversed discrimination penalties against a baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a...more

Religious Institutions Update: June 2018 - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/8/2018

Since 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court has expressly construed a neutral law of general applicability as consistent with the free exercise clause. Deeming Colorado's public accommodations law just such a law, the Colorado Court...more

Supreme Court's "Narrow" Wedding Cake Ruling a Cautionary Tale for Government Decision-Makers

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/8/2018

• The U.S. Supreme Court on June 4, 2018, ruled 7-2 in favor of Jack Phillips, a Colorado baker who told a same-sex couple in 2012 that he would not create a cake for their wedding celebration because of his religious...more

U.S. Supreme Court Sides with Wedding Cake Baker in Gay Rights Case Based on Civil Rights Commission's Impermissible "Hostility"

FordHarrison on 6/8/2018

On June 4, 2018, the United States Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, found in favor of Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakes, who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. He cited religious beliefs condemning...more

The Supreme Court’s Decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop Provides Little Guidance on Intersection of Religious and LGBT Rights

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/7/2018

In a largely symbolic ruling, in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of a cake shop owner who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple based on his...more

What The Masterpiece Cakeshop Decision Means For Employers

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 6/7/2018

On June 4, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission violated the constitutional right of free exercise of religion of a Christian...more

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Baker Who Refused to Create Wedding Cake for a Same-Sex Marriage, but Does Not Open the Door for...

Franczek P.C. on 6/6/2018

In a limited opinion issued, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. However, the Court’s decision in the case, Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colo....more

Cake, Art and Religious Freedom?

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 6/6/2018

In a prior MuniBlog posting we covered a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court involving a Colorado baker and concerns about non-discrimination laws and religious objections. In Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil...more

Supreme Court Update: Merchant Rights and the Masterpiece Cakeshop Case

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 6/6/2018

In 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, ruling that the Fourteenth Amendment precludes states from prohibiting the marriage of same-sex couples. In the past three...more

Discriminating on the Basis of Religious Belief: Limited Lessons for Governments and Businesses from Masterpiece Cakeshop

Sands Anderson PC on 6/6/2018

The US Supreme Court decided yesterday what Court watchers thought might be a landmark case deciding whether the rights to free exercise of religion and free speech trumped the rights of gays and lesbians to have access to...more

Colorado Baker Rises to Top of SCOTUS Decision

Bowditch & Dewey on 6/6/2018

In fall 2017, The Supreme Court of the United States heard Masterpiece Cake Shop, Ltd., et al v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission et al, which led to a recent decision. The following is an update on a previously written post...more

SCOTUS Rules Baker Who Refused Wedding Cake To Same-Sex Couple Suffered Religious Discrimination

Robinson+Cole RLUIPA Defense on 6/6/2018

The Supreme Court issued its anticipated decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. ...more

Did The Supreme Court Kick The Cake Down The Road In Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd., Et Al. V. Colorado Civil Rights Commission?

Rumberger | Kirk on 6/6/2018

By a majority of 7–2, the Court ruled in favor of Colorado-based baker Jack Phillips, who in 2012 refused to sell to a same-sex couple a wedding cake intended for a celebration following the couple’s out-of-state marriage....more

Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Wedding Cake Decision Does Not Grant Right To Discriminate

Fisher Phillips on 6/5/2018

In a 7-to-2 decision, the Supreme Court ruled today that a baker’s Free Exercise Clause rights under the Constitution were not properly considered by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission when it held that he was legally...more

The Supreme Court’s Ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop: A Masterpiece on Dodging Key Constitutional Issues

Littler on 6/5/2018

On June 4, 2018, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. and Jack C. Phillips v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. In a 7-2 opinion authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the Court held that the...more

SCOTUS Rules Colorado Agency Violated Free Speech Rights in Wedding Cake Case

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/5/2018

On June 4, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States settled a controversy stemming from a bakery’s refusal to make a cake for a same-sex couple’s wedding reception. Justice Kennedy, writing for the majority, ruled that...more

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Christian Baker in Same-Sex Wedding Case Due to Colorado Commission’s Religious Hostility

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 6/5/2018

The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-to-2 decision, overturned a Colorado public accommodation sexual orientation discrimination case that found that a Lakewood baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple violated the...more

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