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JUDGMENT ISSUED
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED in light of Zubik v. Burwell, 578 U. S. ___ (2016). Nothing in the Zubik opinion, or in the opinions or orders of the courts below, is to affect the ability of the Government to ensure that women covered by petitioners� health plans �obtain, without cost, the full range of FDA approved contraceptives.� Wheaton College v. Burwell, 573 U. S. ___, ___ (2014) (slip op., at 1). Through this litigation, petitioners have made the Government aware of their view that they meet �the requirements for exemption from the contraceptive coverage requirement on religious grounds.� Id., at ___ (slip op., at 2). Nothing in the Zubik opinion, or in the opinions or orders of the courts below, �precludes the Government from relying on this notice, to the extent it considers it necessary, to facilitate the provision of full contraceptive coverage� going forward. Ibid. Because the Government may rely on this notice, the Government may not impose taxes or penalties on pe...
Brief of respondents Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. filed.
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 11, 2016)
Michigan Catholic Conference, et al., Petitioner, represented by Matthew A. Kairis
Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al., Respondent, represented by Donald B. Verrilli Jr.