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2024 NY Att'y Gen. Rep. & Op. 1 (2024)

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before publication in the New York Reports.
No. 45
Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany,
et al.,
Appellants,
V.
Maria T. Vullo, &c. et al.,
Respondents,
et al.,
Defendants.
(And Another Related Action.)
Noel J. Francisco, for appellants.
Laura Etlinger, for respondents.
New York State Catholic Conference, New York Civil Liberties Union et al., Notre
Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic, amicus curiae.
WILSON, Chief Judge:
Plaintiffs, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany and a variety of entities ranging
from churches to religiously affiliated organizations to a single individual, provide medical
insurance plans to their employees. They have challenged a regulation promulgated by the
Department of Financial Services as violative of the First Amendment of the United States
Constitution. The challenged regulation requires New York employer health insurance
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