Opinion
23SC116
10-03-2023
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Inc. and Jack Phillips, Petitioners v. Autumn Scardina. Respondent
Court of Appeals Case No. 21CA1142
Petition for Writ of Certiorari GRANTED.
[REFRAMED] Whether Scardina's CADA claim is barred because Scardina did not appeal the Commission's dismissal of the administrative complaint before suing Masterpiece Cakeshop, Inc. and Phillips.
[REFRAMED] Whether the decision by Masterpiece Cakeshop, Inc. and Phillips not to create a pink cake with blue frosting that was to be used to celebrate a gender transition violated CADA's prohibition on transgender-status discrimination.
[REFRAMED] Whether the decision by Masterpiece Cakeshop, Inc. and Phillips not to create a pink cake with blue frosting that was to be used to celebrate a gender transition was protected by the First Amendment.
DENIED AS TO ALL OTHER ISSUES.