The U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the First Circuit partially reversed the dismissal of claims in opposition to varied Maine authorities officers and well being care suppliers introduced by a bunch of well being care staff who had been fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine on non secular grounds.
In a May 25 opinion, U.S. Court docket of Appeals Choose Sandra Lee Lynch of the First Circuit reversed the dismissal the plaintiffs’ free train and equal safety claims in opposition to Maine authorities officers, after figuring out that the group had said claims underneath the 2 clauses of the U.S. Structure.