Mealey's (June 12, 2015, 3:53 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — An Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 8, 2014, reversed dismissal of a religious claim and vacated dismissal of other claims challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s contraceptive mandate (Frank R. O’Brien Jr., et al. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, et al., No. 12-3357, 8th Cir.).

(Order available. Document #93-140930-025R.)

Frank R. O’Brien Jr. and O’Brien Industrial Holdings (OIH) sued Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of Health and Human Services; the Department of Health and Human...