‘It’s never the person ordering the cake’: Masterpiece Cakeshop owner details nearly decadelong legal fight

Published May 15, 2021 12:00am ET



Jack Phillips can’t seem to keep himself out of the courtroom.

Over three years after appearing before the U.S. Supreme Court, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop and petitioner in the eponymous case was back in Colorado state court March 22 to participate in a civil trial after an attorney sued him for refusing to bake a custom cake celebrating a gender transition in 2017.

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