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Judge Backs NBA In Referee's Vaccine Mandate Fight

By Elaine Briseño · August 19, 2025, 8:20 PM EDT

The NBA secured a partial victory in a religious discrimination lawsuit challenging its COVID-19 protocols, with a Manhattan federal judge tossing the testimony of a fired referee's expert witness and ruling...

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Documents

Opinion

Case Information

Case Title

Richardson v. The National Basketball Association et al

Case Number

1:23-cv-06926

Court

New York Southern

Nature of Suit

Civil Rights: Jobs

Date Filed

August 07, 2023

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