November 19, 2014
An Oklahoma federal judge on Tuesday refused to require that new Affordable Care Act regulations related to birth control be proven valid under the U.S. Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision before they can take effect, saying that they weren't at issue in the high-profile case.
October 27, 2014
Christian crafts chain Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services continue to spar over the Affordable Care Act's birth control mandate, fighting in Oklahoma federal court over whether future religious accommodations should be presumptively valid.
July 19, 2013
An Oklahoma federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the federal government from enforcing the Affordable Care Act's birth control coverage mandate on Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., which is arguing that the rule violates its religious beliefs.
December 21, 2012
The Tenth Circuit on Thursday refused to grant the for-profit Christian-affiliated companies Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. and Mardel Inc. an immediate reprieve from the Affordable Care Act's contraception rule, finding free exercise rights under federal law only apply to individuals and not their businesses.
November 19, 2012
An Oklahoma federal judge rejected a bid Monday by Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. to stop the enforcement of the Affordable Care Act's contraception rule, finding that the for-profit Christian-affiliated store does not have free religious exercise rights under the First Amendment.
October 24, 2012
The U.S. government urged an Oklahoma federal judge on Monday to deny Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.'s request to block enforcement of the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate, saying the owners of the secular corporation cannot use their religious beliefs to thwart the law.
October 16, 2012
An Oklahoma federal judge on Monday declined to consider a proposed brief from a group of 14 Republican lawmakers in a suit brought by Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. challenging the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate, ruling it would not shine any new light on the case.