Today in Supreme Court History: December 26, 1907

12/26/1907: Lonzo Bailey entered into written labor contract with the Riverside Corporation. This contract gave rise to Bailey v. Alabama (1911).

The White Court (1911)

 

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[Dan Schiavetta]

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. v. Sebelius, 568 U.S. 1401 (decided December 26, 2012): Sotomayor denies stay of enforcement of Affordable Care Act because claimed Free Exercise Clause/Religious Freedom Restoration Act violation was not "indisputably clear" (as we know, the Court later held that there was indeed a Free Exercise/RFRA violation, sub nom. Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682)