DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge has freed a property management company owned by the founder of Domino's Pizza from having to comply immediately with a new federal contraception coverage mandate.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Zatkoff ruled Sunday in favor of Tom Monaghan and his Domino's Farms Corp., which has offices near Ann Arbor, Mich. Monaghan, a devout Roman Catholic, says use of contraception is a "gravely immoral" practice.
Monaghan sold most of his controlling stake in Domino's Pizza in 1998 to Bain Capital, a private equity company.
A total of about a dozen employers and employer groups have contraception benefits mandate lawsuits pending nationwide.
