Tenth Circuit hears Hobby Lobby appeal of health care ruling

[JURIST] Hobby Lobby, Inc. [corporate website] requested an exemption from the mandate to provide employees with coverage for contraceptives under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder] in an en banc hearing before the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit [official website] on Thursday. The Green family, founders of Hobby Lobby and its sister company Mardel, contend [AP report] that businesses, not just the currently exempted religious groups, should be excepted from that part...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/05/tenth-circuit-hears-hobby-lobby-appeal-of-health-care-ruling.php

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