( October 15, 2025, 3:34 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of former United Airlines employees who filed suit after they were terminated or placed on unpaid leave for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine despite seeking religious exemptions are asking the U.S. Supreme Court in a petition for writ of certiorari whether a dismissed Illinois Whistleblower Act claim should have been permitted to proceed in the face of a potential violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDA) and whether their complaint should have been dismissed for “failure to exhaust administrative remedies” when “they have either obtained right-to-sue letters or are in the process of obtaining them.”...