CIRACI v. J.M. SMUCKER CO.

No. 22-3462.

62 F.4th 278 (2023)

David A. CIRACI; Carla Grosjean; Megan L. Morr; Joseph M. Adams, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. J.M. SMUCKER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: March 14, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Warner D. Mendenhall , MENDENHALL LAW GROUP, Akron, Ohio, for Appellants. Tracy K. Stratford , JONES DAY, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Warner D. Mendenhall , MENDENHALL LAW GROUP, Akron, Ohio, for Appellants. Tracy K. Stratford , JONES DAY, Cleveland, Ohio, Yvette McGee Brown , JONES DAY, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: SUTTON, Chief Judge; CLAY and BUSH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Four employees of the J.M. Smucker Company sought religious exemptions from the company's vaccine requirements. When the company refused, they filed this free-exercise claim under the First Amendment against Smucker's. Constitutional guarantees conventionally apply only to entities that exercise sovereign power...

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