Showing posts with label Religious exemption. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religious exemption. Show all posts
Thursday, November 21, 2024

Court Examines Sincerity and Religiosity of Vaccine Objections

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Stynchula v. Inova Health Care Services ,  (ED VA, Nov. 19, 2024), is another of the dozens of cases working their way through the courts in...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Jury Questions Remain in Suit by Casino Worker Fired for Refusing Covid Vaccine

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In   Brown v. MGM Grand Casino ,  ( ED MI, Nov. 18, 2024), a Michigan federal district court refused to grant summary judgment for either pa...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

2nd Circuit Hears Oral Arguments from Amish Seeking Vaccination Exemptions

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The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments ( audio of full oral arguments ) in Miller v. McDonald.  In the case, a...
Monday, November 18, 2024

2nd Circuit Remands Two Plaintiffs' Claims for Improper Denial of Religious Exemptions from Vaccine Mandate

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New Yorkers for Religious Liberty v. City of New York , (2d Cir., Nov. 13, 2024), is a decision on appeals of two cases challenging denials ...
Thursday, November 14, 2024

Court Asks Parties for More Information on Whether Vaccine Mandate Was Generally Applicable

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In  Rodriguez v. Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority ,  (ND CA, Nov. 12, 2024), a California federal district court refused to dismi...
Tuesday, November 12, 2024

IT Specialist Awarded $12.69M For Denied Religious Exemption from Vaccine Mandate

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 A Michigan federal district court jury last week awarded damages of $12,690,000 to an IT specialist who was fired from her position after s...
Saturday, November 02, 2024

Hospital Employee Who Refused Covid Nasal Swab Testing Is Entitled to Unemployment Benefits

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 In St. Luke's University Hospital v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review ,  (PA Commonw. Court, Nov. 1, 2024), a Pennsylvania sta...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

6th Circuit Finds That Employee's Objections to Covid Testing Were Not Religious

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 In DeVore v. University of Kentucky Board of Trustees , (6th Cir., Oct. 11, 2024), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismi...
Monday, October 14, 2024

Air Force Officers' Suit Over Vaccine Mandate Is Now Moot

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Still working their way through the courts are dozens of cases brought by employees or former employees who were denied religious exemptions...
Tuesday, September 03, 2024

9th Circuit: Title IX's Religious Exemption Does Not Violate Establishment Clause

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In Hunter v. U.S. Department of Education ,  (9th Cir., Aug. 30, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the exemption availa...
Thursday, August 22, 2024

Claim That Deprioritizing Religious Vaccine Exemption Requests Violates Title VII Moves Ahead

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 In  Desmarais v. Granholm , (D DC, Aug. 16, 2024), a D.C. federal district court refused to dismiss a Title VII complaint by a Department o...
Tuesday, August 06, 2024

Connecticut Supreme Court: Constitutional (But Not Statutory) Challenges to Removal of School Vaccination Religious Exemptions Barred by Sovereign Immunity

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In Spillane v. Lamont ,  (CT Sup. Ct., July 30, 2024), the Connecticut Supreme Court in a complicated opinion held that the doctrine of sove...
Tuesday, July 30, 2024

7th Circuit Gives Broad Interpretation of "Religious" Claims Under Title VII

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In Passarella v. Aspirus, Inc. ,  (7th Cir., July 29, 2024), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in an opinion by Judge Scudder held that ...

3rd Circuit: Jury Issues Remain in Suit Over Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccine Mandate

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In Spivack v. City of Philadelphia , (3d Cir.,   July 29, 2024), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the dismissal of a suit broug...
Thursday, July 04, 2024

NY Sanitation Worker Can Move Ahead on Failure To Accommodate Anti-Vax Beliefs

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Decisions on suits by individuals who were denied religious exemptions from now-rescinded Covid vaccine mandates are still being issued by t...
Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Israel's Supreme Court Orders Drafting of Haredi Men

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Yesterday, Israel's Supreme Court in a controversial ruling ordered the government to end draft deferments that have been given to ultra...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Certiorari Denied in Connecticut Repeal of Religious Exemptions from Vaccination Requirements

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied review in We the Patriots USA, Inc. v. Connecticut Office of Early Childhood Development,  (Docket N...
Sunday, June 23, 2024

DC Circuit: No Tax-Exempt Status for Church Promoting Psychedelics Unless It Has Received DEA or Judicial Exemption

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In Iowaska Church of Healing v. Werfel ,  (DC Cir., June 21, 2024), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld th...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

9th Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit Challenging Refusal to Grant Religious Exemptions to Vaccine Mandate

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 In Bacon v. Woodward ,  (9th Cir., June 18, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision reversed a Washington federal di...
Tuesday, June 04, 2024

GAO Says DEA Should Improve Its Process for Granting Religious Exemptions for Psilocybin Use

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Last Week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released  an 80-page Report to Congressional Committees ( full text ) titled DEA Shoul...