CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SACRAMENTO, INC., Petitioner,
v.
The SUPERIOR COURT of Sacramento County, Respondent;
Department of Managed Health Care et al., Real Parties in Interest.
Court of Appeals of California, Third District.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 2, 2001.
As Modified on Denial of Rehearing July 26, 2001.
Review Granted September 26, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Law Office of James Francis Sweeney, Sacramento, James Francis Sweeney; Law Office of Tobin & Tobin, Paul Edward Gaspari, and Lawrence R. Jannuzzi, San Francisco, for Petitioner.
Gaglione, Coleman & Greene, Robert J. Gaglione, Sacramento; and Michael D. Ramsey for Catholic Charities USA as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Diepenbrock & Costa, Daniel P. Costa, Sacramento; and William Wood Bassett for California Catholic Conference as Amici Curiae for Petitioner.
Law Offices of Daniel P. Costa and Daniel P. Costa, Sacramento, for California Catholic Conference as Amicus Curiae for Petitioner.
Richard D. Ackerman, Corona, and Gary G. Kreep, Escondido, for Life Legal Defense Fund as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
Alan Jay Reinach, Westlake Village, for The California Interfaith Coalition etc. et al. as Amicus Curiae for Petitioner.
Sidley & Austin, Rebecca K. Smith, Michael S. Lee, San Francisco, Gene C. Schaerr, Jeffrey A. Berman, and James M. Harris, Los Angeles, for Loma Linda University et al. as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
No appearance for Respondent.
McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, Beth Harrison Parker, San Francisco; Donna Lee, San Francisco; and Eve C. Gartner for Catholics for a Free Choice et al. as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth R. Williams, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Kathleen W. Mikkelson, and Daniel G. Stone, Deputy Attorneys General for Real Parties in Interest.
Catherine Weiss, Julie Sternberg, Margaret C. Crosby, Ann Brick for American Civil Liberties Union Reproductive Freedom Project et al. as amici curiae for Real Parties in Interest.
Lilly Spitz; Bebe J. Anderson; and Deborah Baumgarten for California Planned Parenthood Education Fund et al. as Amici Curiae for Real Parties in Interest.
McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, Beth Harrison Parker, San Francisco; Donna Lee, San Francisco; and Eve C. Gartner for Catholics for a Free Choice et al. as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Parties in Interest.
Court of Appeals of California, Third District.
SCOTLAND, P.J.
Asserting that, under the religious tenets of Catholicism, the use of contraception is extrinsically evil and a grave sin, Catholic Charities of Sacramento, Inc. (Catholic Charities), raises constitutional challenges to a statutory scheme which requires that, with an exception not applicable to Catholic Charities, California employers who provide their employees with health insurance coverage or disability...
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