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(Photo : unsplash ) The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction that prevents casinos and other businesses from being treated better than churches and houses of worship during the pandemic.
An appeals court in Nevada handed another victory to churches this Tuesday after ruling out that statewide restrictions that treat casinos and other businesses better this pandemic than houses of worship are likely unconstitutional.
According to The Christian Headlines, the issue came from a May order made by Gov. Steve Sisolak from Nevada.
With Sisolak s order, churches and other houses of worship shall be limited to a 50 percent capacity or just 50 persons - whichever is less. The same 50 percent capacity also applies to casinos, restaurants and other retail businesses. However, the latter do not have any limited numerical attendance which has been set for the church.
Ninth Circuit to Nevada: You can’t treat churches worse than casinos
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth ruled that a church is entitled to preliminary relief against an order by Nevada’s governor that treats the church worse in terms of coronavirus restrictions than numerous secular entities such as casinos, bowling alleys, retail restaurants, and arcades. The decision, by a panel of the court, was unanimous.
The church, Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley, had been losing on this issue in court. In fact, the Supreme Court denied Calvary Chapel relief in a 5-4 decision during the summer. However, the Supreme Court’s November decision in
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision holding that five John Doe HIV patients could pursue a discrimination claim against CVS Caremark for requiring HIV and AIDS patients to obtain their medications by mail-order or drop shipment to a CVS store.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the lower court decision that found the plaintiffs had not adequately alleged a disability discrimination claim, finding the plaintiffs properly alleged that the CVS mail order program violated the anti-discrimination provisions of the Affordable Care Act ( ACA ).