ZUBIK v. BURWELL

Nos. 14-1418, 14-1453, 14-1505, 15-35, 15-105, 15-119, 15-191.

136 S.Ct. 1557 (2016)

David A. ZUBIK, et al., petitioners v. Sylvia BURWELL, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. Priests for Life, et al., petitioners v. Department of Health and Human Services, et al. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington, et al., petitioners v. Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. East Texas Baptist University, et al., petitioners v. Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, Denver, Colorado, et al., petitioners v. Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. Southern Nazarene University, et al., petitioners v. Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. Geneva College, petitioner v. Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

May 16, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noel J. Francisco , David T. Raimer , Anthony J. Dick , Jones Day, Washington, DC, Paul M. Pohl , John D. Goetz , Leon F. DeJulius, Jr. , Ira M. Karoll , Jones Day, Pittsburgh, PA, Matthew A. Kairis , Jones Day, Columbus, OH, for petitioners in Nos. 14-1418 and 14-1505.

Paul D. Clement , Erin E. Murphy , Robert M. Bernstein , Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC, David A. Cortman , Gregory S. Baylor , Jordan W. Lorence , Kevin H. Theriot , Matthew S. Bowman , Rory T. Gray , Alliance Defending Freedom, Washington, DC, for petitioners in Nos. 15-119 and 15-191.

Robert J. Muise , David Yerushalmi , American Freedom Law Center, Ann Arbor, MI, for petitioner in Nos. 14-1453.

Mark Rienzi , Eric C. Rassbach , Hannah C. Smith , Diana M. Verm , Adèle Auxier Keim , Daniel H. Blomberg , The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, for East Texas Baptist University, Houston Baptist University, and petitioners in No. 15-105.

Kenneth R. Wynne , Wynne & Wynne LLP, Houston, TX, for Westminster Theological Seminary.

David A. Cortman , Gregory S. Baylor , Jordan W. Lorence , Kevin H. Theriot , Matthew S. Bowman , Rory T. Gray , Alliance Defending Freedom, Washington, DC, for petitioners in Nos. 15-119 and 15-191.

Bradley S. Tupi , Pittsburgh, PA, for Geneva College.

Carl C. Scherz , Laurence A. Hansen , Locke Lord LLP, Dallas, TX, Kevin C. Walsh , Richmond, VA, for petitioners in No. 15-105.

Paul D. Clement , Erin E. Murphy , Robert M. Bernstein , Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC, Mark Rienzi , Eric C. Rassbach , Hannah C. Smith , Diana M. Verm , Adèle Auxier Keim , Daniel H. Blomberg , The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Washington, DC, for East Texas Baptist University, Houston Baptist, University, and petitioners in No. 15-105.

Paul M. Pohl , John D. Goetz , Leon F. DeJulius, Jr. , Ira M. Karoll , Jones Day Pittsburgh, PA, Robert J. Muise , David Yerushalmi , American Freedom, Law Center, Ann Arbor, MI, Noel J. Francisco , David T. Raimer , Anthony J. Dick , Jones Day, Washington, DC, for petitioners.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, Benjamin C. Mizer , Principal Deputy Assistant, Attorney General, Ian Heath Gershengorn , Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitors General, Brian H. Fletcher , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Mark B. Stern , Alisa B. Klein , Adam C. Jed , Patrick G. Nemeroff , Megan Barbero , Joshua Salzman , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondents.


Petitioners are primarily nonprofit organizations that provide health insurance to their employees. Federal regulations require petitioners to cover certain contraceptives as part of their health plans, unless petitioners submit a form either to their insurer or to the Federal Government, stating that they object on religious grounds to providing...

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