September 02, 2025
A Ninth Circuit panel declined on Tuesday to revive a group of Washington firefighters' suit against their employer for refusing them religious exemptions from a state COVID-19 vaccination mandate, concluding the fire agency would've faced "substantial costs" had it allowed them to continue working without the shot in 2021.
April 03, 2025
A panel of Ninth Circuit judges questioned the argument made Thursday by eight Washington fire and rescue workers who were denied religious exemptions from a state vaccination mandate, challenging their claim that COVID-19 infections did not create an undue hardship for their department.