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MASTERPIECE CAKESHOP v. COLO. CIVIL RIGHTS

No. 16-111.

138 S.Ct. 1719 (2018)

584 U.S. 617

MASTERPIECE CAKESHOP, LTD., et al., Petitioners v. COLORADO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 4, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristen K. Waggoner , Scottsdale, AZ, for Petitioners.

Noel J. Francisco , Solicitor General, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioners.

Frederick R. Yarger , Denver, CO, for the State Respondent.

David D. Cole , Washington, DC, for the Private Respondents.

David A. Cortman , Rory T, Gray , Alliance Defending Freedom, Lawrenceville, GA, Nicolle H. Martin , Lakewood, CO, Kristen K. Waggoner , Jeremy D. Tedesco , James A. Campbell , Jonathan A. Scruggs , Alliance Defending Freedom, Scottsdale, AZ, for Petitioners.

Cynthia H. Coffman , Attorney General, Frederick R. Yarger , Solicitor General, Office of the Colorado Attorney General, Denver, CO, Vincent E. Morscher , Deputy Attorney General, Glenn E. Roper , Deputy Solicitor General, Stacy L. Worthington , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Grant T. Sullivan , Assistant Solicitor General, for Respondent Colorado Civil Rights Commission.

Mark Silverstein , Sara R. Neel , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado, Paula Greisen , King & Greisen, LLC, Denver, CO, Ria Tabacco Mar, James D. Esseks , Leslie Cooper , Rachel Wainer Apter , Louise Melling , Rose A. Saxe, Lee Rowland , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, David D. Cole , Amanda W. Shanor , Daniel Mach , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Washington, DC, for Respondents Charlie Craig and David Mullins.

In 2012 a same-sex couple visited Masterpiece Cakeshop, a bakery in Colorado, to make inquiries about ordering a cake for their wedding reception. The shop's owner told the couple that he would not create a cake for their wedding because of his religious opposition to same-sex marriages —...

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