Press Release

Hobby Lobby Press Briefing Today 3:30 p.m Attorneys Discuss Supreme Court Case Immediately Following Filing

Media Contact

Ryan Colby 202-349-7219 media@becketlaw.org

Additional Information

Washington, D.C.Hobby Lobby, the family-owned arts and crafts business founded by David and Barbara Green, will ask the U.S. Supreme Court today to protect them from being forced to violate their deeply held religious beliefs or be forced to pay severe fines. The brief will be filed today at the Supreme Court, with the government filing its own brief in Hobby Lobby’s companion case by 11:59 p.m. EST.

In preparation for oral arguments on March 25, 2014, join us for a press briefing to discuss the legal merits, government’s position, and the implications of this case as it arrives at the Supreme Court.

What:
Press briefing for Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

Who:
Kyle Duncan, Becket and lead counsel for Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

When:
February 10, 2014, 3:30 p.m. EST

Where:
800.704.9804    Participant code: 743216#

Becket is a non-profit, public-interest law firm dedicated to protecting the free expression of all religious traditions—from Anglicans to Zoroastrians. For 19 years its attorneys have been recognized as experts in the field of church-state law. Becket recently won a 9-0 Supreme Court victory in Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC, which The Wall Street Journal called one of “the most important religious liberty cases in a half century.”

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