ELANE PHOTOGRAPHY, LLC v. WILLOCK

No. 33,687.

309 P.3d 53 (2013)

2013-NMSC-040

ELANE PHOTOGRAPHY, LLC, Plaintiff-Petitioner, v. Vanessa WILLOCK, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

August 22, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, P.A., Emil John Kiehne , Albuquerque, NM, Becht Law Office, Paul F. Becht , Albuquerque, NM, Alliance Defending Freedom, Jordan W. Lorence , Washington, D.C., Alliance Defending Freedom, James A. Campbell , Scottsdale, AZ, for Petitioner.

Lopez, Sakura & Boyd, L.L.P., Julie Sakura , Santa Fe, NM, Sarah Steadman , Santa Fe, NM, Tobias Barrington Wolff , Philadelphia, PA, for Respondent.

Doughty & West, P.A., Robert M. Doughty, III , William Wayne Wirkus , Albuquerque, NM, Asma Uddin , Diana Verm , Washington, D.C., Douglas Laycock, Charlottesville, VA, for Amicus Curiae The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.

Law Office of Michael J. Thomas, L.L.C., Michael J. Thomas , Las Cruces, NM, Eugene Volokh , Los Angeles, CA, for Amicus Curiae The Cato Institute.

Evie M. Jilek , Albuquerque, NM, for Amici Curiae Wedding Photographers.

Natalie A. Bruce , Albuquerque, NM, Steven H. Shiffrin , Ithaca, NY, for Amici Curiae Steven H. Shiffrin and Michael C. Dorf.

Sutin, Thayer & Browne, P.C., Kerry C. Kiernan , Lynn E. Mostoller , Albuquerque, NM, for Amicus Curiae New Mexico Small Businesses.

ACLU of New Mexico, Laura Louise Schauer Ives , Albuquerque, NM, LGBT & AIDS Project, ACLU Foundation, Joshua A. Block , New York, NY, for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union Foundation and American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico.


OPINION

CHÁVEZ, Justice.

{1} By enacting the New Mexico Human Rights Act (NMHRA), NMSA 1978, §§ 28-1-1 to -13 (1969, as amended through 2007), the Legislature has made the policy decision to prohibit public accommodations from discriminating against people based on their sexual orientation. Elane Photography, which does not contest its public accommodation status under the NMHRA, offers wedding photography services to the general...

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