8th Circuit: Preliminary Injunction Denial Appeal In Vaccine Mandate Suit Moot

Mealey's (March 24, 2023, 7:29 AM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — An appeal by service members challenging the denial of their preliminary injunction motion in a case they filed after their requests for religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate were refused is moot now that the mandate has been rescinded and because the unvaccinated individuals fall within the definition of a class already certified in another court, an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled....