Federal Judge Blocks Contraception Mandate for Domino's Founder

For office park he owns, not pizza chain (which he no longer owns)

A federal judge has ordered a temporary halt on the Obama administration's birth-control coverage policy for Tom Monaghan, the Catholic billionaire who founded Domino's Pizza.

Federal District Court Judge Lawrence P. Zatkoff issued the decision Sunday, less than two days before the policy would have taken effect and exposed Monaghan to fines for non-compliance.

"Plaintiff has shown that abiding by the mandate will substantially burden his exercise of religion," Zatkoff wrote.