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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
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
On August 10, 2018, Craig Leen, Acting Director of the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), issued a new directive, 2018-03...more
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
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
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
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Q: Can an employer discriminate against members of the LGBT community on the basis of the employer’s religious beliefs? ...more
It’s been a particularly busy month for public law. Here are your highlights:- Masterpiece Cakeshop. The US Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker in a case about whether he could refuse to make a cake for a same-sex...more
On June 4, 2018, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Case No. 16-111. The case addresses the conflict between the right to be free from discrimination and...more
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
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
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
• 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
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
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
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a ruling of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission (the “Commission”) that a cake shop violated the state’s anti-discrimination act by refusing to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex...more
Most everyone watching the news these days has heard of the Materpiece Cakeshop case, which challenges the Colorado Civil Rights Commission’s ruling that a baker broke the law when he refused to bake a wedding cake for a...more
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
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The Supreme Court issued its anticipated decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. ...more