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MICHIGAN CATHOLIC CONFERENCE & CATHOLIC FAM. SERV'S v. BURWELL

Nos. 13-2723, 13-6640.

755 F.3d 372 (2014)

MICHIGAN CATHOLIC CONFERENCE AND CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES d/b/a Catholic Charities Diocese of Kalamazoo (13-2723); The Catholic Diocese of Nashville, Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc., Camp Marymount, Inc., Mary, Queen of Angels, Inc., St. Mary Villa, Inc., Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation, and Aquinas College (13-6640), Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Sylvia Matthews BURWELL, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; Thomas E. Perez, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor; Jacob J. Lew, Secretary of the United States Department of Treasury; United States Department of Health and Human Services; United States Department of Labor; and United States Department of the Treasury, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 11, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Matthew A. Kairis , Jones Day, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants.

Adam C. Jed , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Matthew A. Kairis , Melissa Dunlap Palmisciano, Neil Vakharia , Jones Day, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants.

Adam C. Jed , Mark B. Stern , Alisa B. Klein, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Charles E. Davidow , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Washington, D.C., Daniel Mach , Brigitte Amiri , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Washington, D.C., Ayesha N. Khan , Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, D.C., B. Eric Restuccia , Office of the Michigan Attorney General, Lansing, Michigan, for Amici Curiae.

Before: MOORE and ROGERS, Circuit Judges; NIXON, District Judge.

OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs-appellants in this consolidated appeal are non-profit entities affiliated with the Catholic Church who have religious objections to certain preventive care standards under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Specifically, the appellants object to the requirement that their employer-based health insurance plans cover all Food and Drug Administration-approved contraception, sterilization...

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