District Court Judgment in 303 Creative v. Elenis (the Wedding Web Site Design Case)
Following the Supreme Court’s remand to the Tenth Circuit, which in turn led to the remand to district court, Chief Judge Philip Brimmer (D. Colo.) rendered the following order Tuesday:
It is ORDERED that plaintiffs are the prevailing parties in this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1988(b). Plaintiffs and their counsel are entitled to recover their reasonable attorney’s fees, costs, and expenses for work related to litigation before the district court. It is further
ORDERED that the First Amendment’s Free Speech Clause prohibits Colorado from enforcing the Accommodation Clause of Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Act (“CADA”), Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-34-601(2)(a)), to compel plaintiffs to create custom websites celebrating or depicting same-sex weddings or otherwise create or depict original, expressive, graphic or website designs inconsistent with her beliefs regarding same-sex marriage. It is further
ORDERED that the First Amendment’s Free Speech Clause prohibits Colorado from enforcing CADA’s Communication Clause to prevent plaintiffs from posting the following statement on her website or f
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