Federal judge rules against EWTN in lawsuit against Obamacare contraception mandate

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3. We finally get a victory....

... met with a resounding lack of enthusiasm. This was one of THE major lawsuits against the HHS contraception mandate.

http://www.becketfund.org/hhsinformationcentral/
Current Scorecard for Non-Profit Cases
(click on link for details on each case)

51 non-profit lawsuits with a score card of 23 injunctions granted to 5 injunctions denied.

Injunctions Granted:
•Catholic Benefits Association (W.D. Okla. June 4, 2014)
•Dordt College (N.D. Iowa May 21, 2014)
•Union University (W.D. Tenn. April. 29, 2014) (Temporary Injunction)

•FOCUS (D. Colo. Apr. 23, 2014)
•Dobson (D. Colo. Apr. 17, 2014)
•Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta (N.D. Ga. Ma. 26, 2014)
•Little Sisters of the Poor (S. Ct. Jan. 24, 2014)
•Ave Maria Foundation (E.D. Mich. Jan. 13, 2014)
•Catholic Diocese of Beaumont (E.D. Tex. Jan. 2, 2014)

•Priests for Life (D.C. Cir. Dec. 31, 2013)
•Catholic Archbishop of Washington (D.C. Cir. Dec. 31, 2013)

•Catholic Archdiocese of Fort Worth (N.D. Tex. Dec. 31, 2013)

•CNS Ministries/Sharpe Holdings, Inc. (E.D. Mo. Dec. 30, 2013)

•Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend (N.D. Ind. Dec. 27, 2013)

•East Texas Baptist University/Houston Baptist University (S.D. Tex. Dec. 27, 2013)

•Grace Schools (N.D. Ind. Dec. 27, 2013)

•Geneva College (W.D. Pa. Dec. 23, 2013)

•Southern Nazarene University v. Sebelius (W.D. Okla. Dec. 20, 2013)
•GuideStone/Reaching Souls International (W.D. Okla. Dec. 20, 2013)
•Legatus (E.D. Mich. Dec. 20, 2013)
•Catholic Archdiocese of New York (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 16, 2013)

•Catholic Diocese of Erie (W.D. Pa. Nov. 21, 2013)

•Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh (W.D. Pa. Nov. 21, 2013)


Injunctions Denied:
•Eternal Word Television Network (S.D. Ala. June 17, 2014)
•Catholic Diocese of Nashville (6th Cir. June 11, 2014)
•Michigan Catholic Conference (6th Cir. June 11, 2014)
•Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne (D. Wyo. May 13, 2014)
•University of Notre Dame (7th Cir. Feb. 21, 2014)


Cases Awaiting Court Decisions:
•Louisiana College (W.D. La. filed Feb. 18, 2012)
•College of the Ozarks (W.D. Mo. filed Apr. 19, 2013)
•Colorado Christian University (D. Colo. filed Aug. 7, 2013)
•Ave Maria University (M.D. Fla. filed Aug. 29, 2013)
•Right to Life Michigan (W.D. Mich. filed Nov. 4, 2013)
•Ave Maria School of Law (M.D. Fla. filed Nov. 12, 2013)
•Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis (E.D. Mo. filed Nov. 14, 2013)
•Wheaton College (N.D. Ill. filed Dec. 13, 2013)
•Belmont Abbey College (D.D.C. filed Nov. 20, 2013)
•Catholic Diocese of Biloxi (S.D. Miss. filed Mar. 27, 2014)
•Media Research Center (E.D. Va. filed Apr. 11, 2014)
•Catholic Diocese of Greensburg (W.D. Pa. filed May 27, 2014)
•Archdiocese of Philadelphia (E.D. Pa. filed June 2, 2014)

Cases filed against previous versions of the HHS Mandate and dismissed on procedural or other grounds:
•Liberty University (4th Cir. Dec. 2, 2013)
•Nebraska (8th Cir. Aug. 21, 2013)
•Criswell College (N.D. Tex. Apr. 9, 2013)
•Franciscan University (S.D. Ohio Mar. 22, 2013)
•Catholic Archdiocese of Miami (S.D. Fla. Mar. 4, 2013)
•Catholic Diocese of Dallas (N.D. Tex. Feb. 26, 2013)
•Catholic Diocese of Joliet (N.D. Ill. Feb. 8, 2013)
•Catholic Diocese of Peoria (C.D. Ill. Jan. 4, 2013)
•Wieland (E.D. Mo. Oct. 16, 2013)
•American Family Association (N.D. Miss. July 19, 2013)