Showing posts with label COVID-19. Show all posts
Showing posts with label COVID-19. Show all posts
Saturday, October 18, 2025

Denial of Access to Clergy During Covid Lockdown Did Not Violate Inmate's Free Exercise Rights

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In Johnson v. Ellis ,  (D NJ, Oct. 15, 2025), a New Jersey federal district court dismissed a claim by a pre-trial detainee that his free ex...
Wednesday, October 01, 2025

Kansas Supreme Court: Expanded Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccine Mandate Is Not in Conflict with Title VII

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In Powerback Rehabilitation, LLC v. Kansas Department of Labor ,  (KS Sup. Ct., Sept. 26, 2025), the Kansas Supreme Court in a 4-2 decision,...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Vaccine Exemption Claim

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In June v. UMass Memorial Healthcare System ,  (MA App., Sept. 29, 2025), a Massachusetts state appellate court reversed a trial court's...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

9th Circuit: Employee's Objection to Covid Vaccine Accommodation Was Not Religious

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 In Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Medical Center ,  (9th Cir., Sept. 23, 2025), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, affirme...
Tuesday, September 02, 2025

9th Circuit Upholds Fire Department's Denial of Religious Exemptions from Covid Vaccine Mandate

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In Petersen v. Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue ,  (9th Cir., Sept. 2, 2025), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected claims by eig...
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

EEOC Highlights Its Actions to Protect Employees' Religious Freedom

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The EEOC yesterday issued a lengthy press release  titled  200 Days of EEOC Action to Protect Religious Freedom at Work. The Release says in...
Thursday, August 07, 2025

5th Circuit: Anti-Vax Belief in Bodily Autonomy Can Support Title VII Religious Discrimination Claim

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In Wright v. Honeywell International, Inc .,  (5th Cir., Aug. 5, 2025), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a trial court's d...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Cert. Filed In Challenge to Denial of Religious Exemption from Vaccine Mandate

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A petition for certiorari ( full text ) was filed yesterday with the U.S. Supreme Court in Kane v. City of New York. (Sup. Ct., cert.  filed...
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Employees' Suit Against School Board for Denying Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccine Moves Ahead

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Decisions in suits by former employees who were denied religious exemptions from employer Covid vaccine mandates continue to be handed down ...
Friday, April 18, 2025

"Religious" Belief Defined Broadly in Title VII Claim

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Numerous cases challenging employers' refusal to grant exemptions to Covid vaccine mandates during the height of the Covid epidemic cont...
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Appellate Court Upholds $1.2M Fine Against Church for Violating Covid Public Health Orders

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In People of the State of California v. Calvary Chapel San Jose ,  (CA App., April 15, 2025), a California state appellate court affirmed th...
Friday, April 11, 2025

3rd Circuit Rejects Title VII Claim by ER Doctor Who Was Denied Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccine Mandate

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In Bushra v. Main Line Health, Inc. ,  (3d Cir., April 10, 2025), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a Title VI...
Friday, March 21, 2025

Covid Era Mask Mandate Did Not Violate Free Exercise

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In Robol v. City of Columbus ,  (OH App., March 20, 2025), an Ohio state appellate court affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff's claims th...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

DC Circuit Revives Contempt Proceedings in RFRA Suit Against Fire Department

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In Calvert v. Potter ,  (DC Cir., Jan. 28, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit remanded to the district court a suit by a ...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Executive Orders Call for Military Reinstatement of Vaccine Objectors, Military Exclusion of Transgender Individuals

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Yesterday, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled Reinstating Service Members Discharged Under the Military's Covid-19 Vaccina...
Thursday, January 23, 2025

Kansas Court Says Statute Sets Low Threshold for Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccine Mandate

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In St. Luke's Health System, Inc. v. State of Kansas ex rel. Schultz , (KS App., Jan. 17, 2025), a Kansas state appeals court held that ...
Wednesday, January 22, 2025

1st Circuit Accepts Employer's Undue Hardship Defense for Denying Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccination

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In  Rodrique v. Hearst Communications, Inc. , (1st Cir., Jan. 17, 2025), the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a Tit...
Wednesday, January 08, 2025

4th Circuit: Covid Vaccine Religious Accommodation Suit Should Not Have Been Dismissed

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 In Barnett v. INOVA Health Care Services ,  (4th Cir., Jan. 7, 2025), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of Title...
Friday, December 27, 2024

EEOC Sues Employer for Refusal to Grant Religious Accommodation to Covid Vaccine Mandate

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The EEOC announced yesterday that it had filed a Title VII lawsuit against the North Carolina-based Rex Healthcare, Inc. for refusing to gr...
Thursday, December 19, 2024

Hospital Employee's Vaccine Objections Were Religious

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In  Lavelle-Hayden v. Employment Dept. ,  (OR App., Dec. 18, 2024), an Oregon state appellate court held that a hospital respiratory therapi...