Eugene Volokh
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An excerpt from the long opinion today in Lewis-Williams v. S.F. Bay Area Rapid Transit Dist., decided by Judge Ryan Nelson, joined by Judges Johnnie Rawlinson and Bridget Bade:
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District seeks to overturn a jury verdict of $7,824,580 to six former employees for Title VII violations for failure to accommodate their sincere religious objections to a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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I much enjoyed participating in this, and I expect many of our readers will much enjoy listening to it.
🔮 [Nor do they] offer … facts that would suggest inevitable or likely exposure to the curriculum (or its harmful effects)….
🔮 The court concluded that "The Big Board's refusal to comply with the orders was not expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment," so not renewing his license based solely on such refusal would have been constitutional:
🔮 Lambert … falsely stated that the Plaintiffs had conflicts of interest with her clients and/or her firm, that she would sue the Plaintiffs if they were to be engaged in these relationships, and implicitly that she would take legal action against the relationships themselves if they were to hire Plaintiffs.
🔮 The court concluded that, even "assuming arguendo that there's a fair chance that the press defendants have violated the federal and state trade secrets provisions," the First Amendment would preclude the TRO:
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From the docket this morning; for more on the case, see here and here (the latter item notes the sealing, and expresses the now-realized hope that "the motion will be unsealed at some point soon"):
Via email, Plaintiff has informed the Court that it will not be pursuing preliminary injunctive relief….
🔮 Perhaps most analogously to alienation of affections, if Alan breaches his contract with Betty, and Cathy encouraged him to breach it, she will in many situations be liable for intentional interference with contract.
🔮 In a phone call on March 2, Gelb told Netrebko to issue a statement specifically denouncing Putin, or she would be fired.
🔮 A malicious act "include[s] any intentional conduct that would probably affect the marital relationship.
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