December 17, 2020
On Dec. 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit struck down Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak’s pandemic restrictions that treated churches more harshly than other spaces, like casinos and restaurants. This is a significant win, as the ERLC argued for in our amicus brief in this case.
The case challenging Nevada’s non-neutral pandemic rules was brought by Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley, a church in rural Lyon County. Calvary Chapel is represented by the legal organization, and ERLC partner, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) that made the case that Gov. Sisolak’s rules were both unconstitutional and illogical for public health during a pandemic.
Strip Clubs Lead the Way: Judge Blocks San Diego Coronavirus Restrictions
17 Dec 2020
Two strip clubs successfully sued San Diego County on Wednesday, as Superior Court Judge Joel Wohlfeil ruled that they can stay open during the coronavirus, and extended his ruling to restaurants across the county that had been forced to close.
The
San Diego Union-Tribunereported:
The ruling by Superior Court Judge Joel Wohlfeil came in a case filed by two San Diego strip clubs. And while the clubs prevailed in earning an injunction that allowed them to continue to offer live dancing, the judge went a significant step further and said the injunction can apply across San Diego’s restaurant sector that has been crushed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ninth Circuit Grants Injunction in COVID-19 Occupancy Case, Says Restriction Not Narrowly Tailored
December 16, 2020 On Tuesday, in the Ninth Circuit, an appellate panel, in an opinion authored by Judge Milan D. Smith, ruled that recent Supreme Court precedent mandated that public health restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic involving occupancy limits in houses of worship must be tailored to the size of the building, not the number of people generally.
The underlying litigation, as explained by the opinion, involved a church in Nevada suing the state to overturn a now-defunct executive order (EO) from the governor that imposed “a fifty-person cap on indoor in-person services at houses of worship.” This marked the second attempt by the church to overturn this executive order, having been initially denied a preliminary injunction as the district court “found that the state treated similar secular activities and entities–including lectures, museums, movie theaters, tra
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