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The bakery that won their SCOTUS case?



> The bakery that won their SCOTUS case?

No, [1] the bakery that paid $135,000 in fines, went bankrupt, and is stll bound by the lower courts decision because SCOTUS only remanded the case back to a lower court.

And yeah, they might ultimately win... if you want to call that winning.

[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/17/scotus-lower-court-should-re...


> and is stll bound by the lower courts decision because SCOTUS only remanded the case back to a lower court.

Wrong, they are not bound by the lower court decision, because the Supreme Court vacated the judgement and remanded the case for further consideration in light of the SCOTUS ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop (as stated in the order linked from the source you linked), because that decision set relevant precedent which the lower court did not consider in its judgement (for timing reasons, as the lower court decision predates Masterpiece Cakeshop, I believe.)


> Wrong, they are not bound by the lower court decision

I am NOT wrong...

... this case is yet to be heard. Therefore; they are still presently bound by the original decision.

PS: And they are still Bankrupt.




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