The Colorado Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit against Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, who has been embroiled in legal battles for more than a decade over his refusal to create certain custom cakes due to his religious beliefs.

Colorado's top court on Tuesday ducked the question of whether a Christian baker had the right to refuse to create a cake for a customer celebrating a gender transition by dismissing the discrimination case on procedural grounds.

The Colorado Supreme Court, by 4-3, declined to address the high-profile issue of a Christian baker's refusal to make a cake for a customer celebrating a gender transition, instead concluding the case was not properly filed in the first place.