Religious Shield Against Vaccine Mandate Gets 5th Circuit Review

A federal appeals court in New Orleans can extend anti-discrimination law’s reach into the workplace in a case involving a religious challenge to a health-care company’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate.

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will hear oral argument Monday in a bid by former workers at Caris Life Sciences Inc. and Caris MPI Inc. to block the company’s vaccination requirement. A district court in Texas denied the workers’ request for a preliminary injunction in 2021.

The workers rely on the Fifth Circuit’s February decision that allowed two United Airlines Inc. employees to seek a court order ...