On September 5, 2013, the voting stockholders of Midwest Fasteners, a Michigan for-profit corporation, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Federal Government under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), the First Amendment, and the ...
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On September 5, 2013, the voting stockholders of Midwest Fasteners, a Michigan for-profit corporation, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the Federal Government under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), the First Amendment, and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Plaintiff, represented by private counsel, asked the court to issue a preliminary and permanent injunction prohibiting enforcement of provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) extending universal contraception coverage to employer-sponsored private health insurance coverage. Specifically, the stockholders contended that compliance with the contraception coverage requirement violates its sincerely held religious beliefs.
On October 8, 2014 plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary injunction and stay. On October 15, the Government filed a notice of non-opposition to plaintiffs' motions in light of ongoing appeals in similar cases.
On October 16,2014 the District Court (Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle) granted the unopposed motions and stayed the case until 30 days after the resolution of
Gilardi v. U.S. Dept' of Helath & Human Servs..
As of May 11, 2014 the case is ongoing.
Richard Jolly - 05/11/2014
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