Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, Denver, Colo., Non-Profit Corp. v. Sebelius

571 U.S. 1171

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
2014-01-24
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • enjoining government from enforcing contraceptive mandate if written notice is provided to HHS stating that objectors “are non-profit organizations that hold themselves out as religious and have religious objections to providing coverage for contraceptive services”
  • granting injunction to plaintiffs pending appeal, noting, “The Court issues this order based on all the circumstances of the case, and this order should not be construed as an expression of the Court’s views on the merits.”
  • remanding to the Tenth Circuit and enjoining defendants from enforcing the contraceptive mandate during the pen-dency of the appeal, so long as plaintiffs submit written objections based on religious beliefs "directly to the Secretary of Health and Human Services
  • notice should be “in writing that they are non-profit organizations that hold themselves out as religious and have religious objections to providing coverage for contraceptive services”

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, Denver, Colo., Non-Profit Corp. v. Sebelius. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

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Application for an injunction having been submitted to Justice SOTOMAYOR and by her referred to the Court, the Court orders: If the employer applicants inform the Secretary of Health and Human Services in writing that they are non-profit organizations that hold themselves out as religious and have religious objections to providing coverage for contraceptive services, the respondents are enjoined from enforcing against the applicants the challenged provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related regulations pending final disposition of the appeal by the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. To meet the condition for injunction pending appeal, applicants need not use the form prescribed by the Government and need not send copies to third-party administrators. The Court issues this order based on all the circumstances of the case, and this order should not be construed as an expression of the Court's views on the merits.