Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 2017

Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Comm’n

Decided June 4, 2018. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 16-111 · 584 U.S. 617 · Cited 175 times

Holding

The Colorado Civil Rights Commission’s actions in assessing a cakeshop owner’s reasons for declining to make a cake for a same-sex couple’s wedding celebration violated the Free Exercise Clause.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

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