Story highlights Court won't take up challenge by pharmacy objecting to delivering emergency contraceptives

Justice Alito expressed worry about future religious liberty challenges

Washington (CNN) Over the dissent of three conservative justices who expressed concern for the future of religious liberty claims, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a case brought by the owner of a pharmacy and two pharmacists who objected to delivering emergency contraceptives such as Plan B.

The plaintiffs in the case, the Stormans family, sought to challenge Washington State regulation mandating that a pharmacy may not "refuse to deliver a drug or device to a patient because its owner objects to delivery on religious, moral or other personal grounds."

The Stormans are devout Christians and own a pharmacy in Olympia, Washington.

A federal appeals court held that the Washington regulations did not violate the First Amendment.

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