Notable Items:


Petitioner:
Respondent:
Venue: Supreme Court of the United States
Opinion of the Court: MasterpieceCakeshop-ColoradoCivilRightComm (2018)

Issue(s) Before the Court:

Petitioner's Claim(s):

First Amemdment freedom and speech and freedom of religion.

Respondent's Claim(s):

Discrimination which the plantiff seeks to justify by [ab]using religion.

Holding(s) and Disposition:

Held: Reversed
Disposition: ... the rulings of the Commission and of the state court that enforced the Commission’s order must be invalidated.

Material Facts:

Procedural History:

Rationale

Kennedy Majority Opinion (Roberts, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch) (18)

Kagan Concurrance (Breyer) (4)

Gorsuch Concurrance (Alito) (12)

Thomas Concurrance in part and in judgement (Gorsuch) (14)

Ginsburg Dissent (Sotomayor) (8)


Full Recounting of Facts

Kennedy Majority Full Argument (Roberts, Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch)