Besides Notre Dame, the largest employer in St. Joseph’s County, more than three dozen nonprofit organizations around the country also challenged the law. Others included Winona Lake-based Grace Schools, the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend and other Catholic organizations.

Grote Industries, a Madison-based company that makes vehicle safety systems, and Tonn and Blank Construction of Michigan City had argued in separate cases that it would violate their religious beliefs to include contraceptive services in health coverage offered to employees.