CHILDREN'S HEALTH DEFENSE, INC. et al v. RUTGERS et al
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3:21-cv-15333
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September 22, 2022
Rutgers Defeats Challenge To COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday tossed a lawsuit from Rutgers University students and an anti-vaccine group challenging the institution's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, finding that the school was permitted to implement the policy to help curb the spread of the disease.
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April 14, 2022
Rutgers Students Can't Hide Names In COVID Vaccine Suit
A New Jersey federal judge has said six Rutgers University students can't stay anonymous if they want to pursue claims that the school's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students is unlawful, rejecting their concerns as speculative and saying the "national discussion" about the issues at stake supported revealing their identities.
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November 23, 2021
Rutgers, College Of NJ Aim To Erase Vaccine Mandate Suits
Two public colleges have told a New Jersey federal court that U.S. Supreme Court precedent dating back more than a century supports the COVID-19 vaccine mandates that students are challenging in a pair of lawsuits.
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October 20, 2021
Rutgers Aims To Unmask Students Behind COVID Vaccine Suit
Rutgers University told a New Jersey federal court on Wednesday that six students' purported fears of discrimination and retaliation do not justify hiding their identities while pursuing a lawsuit alleging that the school's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students is unlawful, accusing them of making a "paper-thin" case for their stigmatization concerns.
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October 19, 2021
Rutgers Students Want To Hide Names In COVID Vaccine Suit
A group of Rutgers University students said they are worried about "social ostracism and retaliation" in urging a New Jersey federal court to let them remain anonymous in pursuing claims that the school's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students is unlawful, citing the stigmatization of unvaccinated individuals amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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September 27, 2021
NJ Judge Refuses To Knock Down Rutgers Vax Requirement
A New Jersey federal judge with past ties to Rutgers University refused to toss the school's student vaccine mandate on Monday, finding in his opinion that "the public may likely be harmed if the court were to do so."
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September 14, 2021
Rutgers Students Can't Remove Judge In COVID Vaccine Suit
A New Jersey federal judge has shot down a request from Rutgers students that he recuse himself from their suit over the university's COVID-19 vaccine requirement for students due to the jurist's previous stint as an adjunct professor at the institution's law school, saying he could address the matter "fairly and impartially."
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September 07, 2021
Rutgers Students Seek To Oust Judge In COVID Vaccine Suit
A group of Rutgers students said a New Jersey federal judge should step aside from hearing their suit over the university's COVID-19 vaccine requirement for students, claiming his previous work as an adjunct professor at Rutgers creates the appearance that he could be biased.
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August 16, 2021
Rutgers Students Ask Court To Block COVID Vaccine Mandate
A group of Rutgers students on Monday hit the New Jersey university with a suit over the institution's COVID-19 vaccine requirement for students, claiming that they're being coerced into taking an experimental vaccine in violation of federal law and their civil rights.