On March 26, 2013, a for-profit corporation filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois under the First Amendment, Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and the Administrative Procedure Act against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The ...
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On March 26, 2013, a for-profit corporation filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois under the First Amendment, Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and the Administrative Procedure Act against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The plaintiff, represented by the American Center for Law and Justice, asked the court to rule that the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) contraception insurance mandate is unconstitutional. Specifically, the plaintiff asked for both a preliminary and permanent injunction keeping the government from enforcing the contraception insurance mandate against them because it violates the owners' deeply-held religious beliefs.
On April 16, 2013, the plaintiff filed an unopposed motion for preliminary injunction. On April 18, the U.S. District Court (Judge Ruben Castillo) granted the motion and stayed proceedings until thirty days after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit issues a decision in the consolidated cases of
Korte v. Sebelius and
Grote Industry, LLC v. Sebelius.
On January 21, 2014, the Court granted an unopposed motion to extend the preliminary injunction and stay until forty-five days after the Supreme Court issues a decision in
Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius.
As of March 24, 2014, the case is ongoing.
Mallory Jones - 03/24/2014
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