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3Jn tbe ~upreme QCourt of tbe mniteb ~tates
HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC., MARDEL, INC., DAVID GREEN, BARBARA GREEN, STEVE
GREEN, MART GREEN, AND DARSEE LETT,
Petitioners,
v.
KATHLEEN SEBELIUS, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and
Human Services, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
HILDA SOLIS, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor, UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, TIMOTHY GEITHNER, Secretary of the United States
Department of the Treasury, and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY,
Respondents.
Application from the United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
EMERGENCY APPLICATION FOR
INJUNCTION PENDING APPELLATE REVIEW
S. Kyle Duncan
Counsel of Record
Hannah C. Smith
Eric C. Rassbach
Mark L. Rienzi
Eric S. Baxter
Lori H. Windham
Adele Auxier Keirn
THE BECKET FUND FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 220
Washington, D.C. 20007
(202) 349-7209
kduncan@
Attorneys for Petitioners
Dated: December 21, 2012
RULE 29.6 STATEMENT
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. is a privately-held company that is wholly owned by
trusts controlled by the Green family. No publicly-held corporation owns 10% or
more of its stock.
Mardel, Inc. is a privately-held company that is wholly owned- by trusts
controlled by the Green family. No publicly-held corporation owns 10% or more of
its stock.
Respectfully submitted,
~ma-s. Kyle Duncan
Counsel of Record
THE BECKET FUND FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 220
Washington, D.C. 20007
(202) 349-7209
kduncan@
Attorney for Petitioners
Dated: December 21, 2012
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RULE 29.6 STATEMENT .............................................................................................. i
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................... ii
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ......................................................................................... iii
JURISDICTION ............................................................................................................. 4
BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY ...................................................... .4
ARGUMENT ................................................................................................................... 9
I.
Petitioners face critical and exigent circumstances ................................. .10
II.
Petitioners' rights under RFRA are indisputably clear ............................ 12
A.
Petitioners have established a substantial burden (heavy fines) on
a religious exercise (abstention from providing certain insurance
for abortion-causing drugs) ........................................................................ 13
B.
The Tenth Circuit ignored this Court's precedents by re-writing
the content of Petitioners' religious beliefs ............................................... 15
C.
The fact that Petitioners exercise religion in the business context
presents no obstacle to their indisputable rights under RFRA. ............... 18
D.
The mandate cannot survive strict scrutiny............................................. 21
E.
Most other courts to have considered the issue have granted
. .
. .
t'1ons ............................................................................ .. 25
pre11m1nary
lnJunc
III.
Injunctive relief would aid this Court's jurisdiction................................. 27
IV.
The Court should also grant certiorari before judgment .......................... 31
CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................. 35
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
Cases
Abdulhaseeb v. Calbone,
600 F.3d 1301 (lOth Cir. 2010) ................................................................................. 13
Adkins v. Kaspar,
393 F.3d 559 (5th Cir. 2004) ..................................................................................... 14
Am. Pulverizer Co. v. U.S. Dep't of Health and Human Servs.,
6:12-cv-03459 (W.D. Mo) ............................................................................................ 2
Am. Trucking Assocs. v. Gray,
483 u.s. 1306 (1987) ................................................................................................. 10
Annex Med., Inc. v. Sebelius,
0:12-cv-02804 (D. Minn.) ............................................................................................ 3
Archdiocese of St. Louis v. Sebelius,
No. 4:12-cv-924 (E.D. Mo.) .......................................................................................... 3
Ave Maria Univ. v. Sebelius,
No. 2:12-cv-00088 (M.D. Fla.) ..................................................................................... 3
Braunfeld v. Brown,
366 U.S. 599 (1961) ................................................................................................... 20
Catholic Diocese of Nashville v. Sebelius,
2012 WL 5879796 (M.D. Tenn. Nov. 21, 2012) .......................................................... 3
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah,
508 u.s. 520 (1993) ................................................................................................... 19
City of Boerne v. Flores,
521 u.s. 507 (1997) ............................................................................................. 14, 21
Coll. of the Ozarks v. Sebelius,
No. 6:12-cv-03428 (W.D. Mo.) ..................................................................................... 3
Colorado Christian Univ. v. Sebelius,
No. 11-cv-03350 (D. Colo.) .......................................................................................... 3
Commack Self-Service Kosher Meats, Inc. v. Hooker,
680 F.3d 194 (2d Cir. 2012) ...................................................................................... 20
Communist Party of Indiana v. Whitcomb,
409 U.S. 1235 (1972) ................................................................................................. 10
111
Conkright v. Frommert,
556 u.s. 1401 (2009) ... " ..... " ... " ............ " ............... " ...... " ..... "".""" .... "" .. """"" ..... 12
Conlon v. Sebelius,
No. 1: 12-cv-3932 (N.D. Ill.) ......................................................................................... 3
Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Inc. v. Sebelius,
No. 1: 12-cv-159 (N.D. Ind.) ......................................................................................... 3
Doran v. Salem Inn, Inc.,
422 U.S. 922 (197 5) .................................... ¡¤:"' .......................................................... 12
East Texas Baptist Univ. v. Sebelius,
Case No. 4: 12-cv-03009 (S.D. Tex.) ............................................................................ 3
EEOCv. Townley Eng'g & Mfg. Co.,
859 F .2d 610 (9th Cir. 1988) ..................................................................................... 20
Elrod v. Burns,
427 U.S. 347 (1976) ................................................................................................... 11
Employment Diu. v. Smith,
494 U.S. 872 (1990) ............................................................................................. 13, 16
Eternal Word Television Network, Inc. v. Sebelius,
No. 2: 12-cv-00501 (N.D. Ala.) ..................................................................................... 3
Ex parte Young,
209 U.S. 123 (1908) ................................................................................................... 32
Fishman v. Schaeffer,
429 U.S. 1325 (1976) ........................................................................................... 10, 11
Franciscan Univ. of Steubenville v. Sebelius,
No. 2:12-cv-440 (S.D. Ohio) ........................................................................................ 3
FTC v. Dean Foods Co.,
384 u.s. 597 (1966) ... "."." ....... "" ......... """" ... " ................ " ...... " .... " .... "."" ....... " ... 27
Geneva Coll. v. Sebelius,
No. 2: 12-cv-00207 (W.D. Pa.) ...................................................................................... 2
Grace Coll. v. Sebelius,
No. 3: 12-cv-00459 (N.D. Ind.) ..................................................................................... 3
Harris v. McRae,
448 U.S. 297 (1980) ................................................................................................... 33
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