SVENDSEN v. PRITZKER

No. 23-1421.

91 F.4th 876 (2024)

Holly SVENDSEN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JB PRITZKER, Governor of Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 29, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bethany D. Hager , Attorney, Law Office of Bethany D. Hager, Danville, IL, William J. Gerber , Attorney, Law Office of William J. Gerber, LLC, Fairbury, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jonathan Joseph Sheffield, Jr. , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Jay R. Pritzker, Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Department of Public Health.

Randall Slade , Attorney, Franco Moroney Buenik, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Board of Education for Illini Bluffs School District #327, Roger Alvey.

Before Flaum, Easterbrook, and Pryor, Circuit Judges.


During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Governor of Illinois issued an executive order requiring personnel in primary and secondary schools to be tested regularly for the disease unless they had been vaccinated against it. Several persons affected by this order filed suit in state court contending that this requirement offended...

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