Colorado Supreme Court Dismisses Lawsuit Over ‘Gender Transition’ Cake

A majority of the court declined to rule on civil rights claims and instead held that the individual who brought the suit did so improperly.

Baker Jack Phillips talks with journalists in front of the Supreme Court after the court heard the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission in Washington on Dec. 5, 2017. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The lawsuit against a Christian baker who refused to bake a “gender transition” cake was dismissed by the Colorado Supreme Court on Oct. 8 in a ruling that left open core questions about discrimination and free speech.

In a 4–3 decision, the court said that it “cannot answer” the underlying constitutional question “because of a threshold issue of administrative law and statutory interpretation.”