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Colorado's anti-discrimination law prohibited discrimination on the basis of romantic orientation. | Colorado's anti-discrimination law prohibited discrimination on the basis of romantic orientation. | ||
|procedural_history=The same-sex couple filed a complaint with the [https://ccrd.colorado.gov/ccrd-home/regulatory-information/colorado-civil-rights-commission Colorado Civil Rights Commission] ("Colorado"). | |procedural_history=The same-sex couple filed a complaint with the [https://ccrd.colorado.gov/ccrd-home/regulatory-information/colorado-civil-rights-commission Colorado Civil Rights Commission] ("Colorado"). | ||
Cakeshop loses in the trial court & Colorado Court of Appeals. | |||
|arguments=Cakeshop argued that serving a wedding cake to the same-sex couple would violate his rights under the [[1st Amendment]]. | |||
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|link=https://www.oyez.org/cases/2017/16-111 | |link=https://www.oyez.org/cases/2017/16-111 | ||
Revision as of 14:04, June 30, 2023
| Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado | |
| Court | Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Citation | |
| Date decided | June 4, 2018 |
Facts
Mr. Phillip operated Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. (defendant "Cakeshop") in Colorado. In 2012, a same-sex couple tried to order a wedding cake rom the Cakeshop.
Cakeshop refused to sell a cake to the same-sex couple a wedding cake.
Colorado's anti-discrimination law prohibited discrimination on the basis of romantic orientation.Procedural History
The same-sex couple filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission ("Colorado").
Cakeshop loses in the trial court & Colorado Court of Appeals.Arguments
Cakeshop argued that serving a wedding cake to the same-sex couple would violate his rights under the 1st Amendment.
