Phillips et al v. The National Basketball Association et al

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:22-cv-09666

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Jobs

Judge:

Vernon S. Broderick

Firms

  1. August 21, 2025

    NBA Tries To Alley-Oop Vax Ruling Across Manhattan Court

    A partial win for the NBA earlier this week on a New York federal discrimination lawsuit tied to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate prompted the organization to write a letter to a different judge urging him to consider the ruling on its similar case in the same court.

  2. April 21, 2025

    NBA Wants Some Details Sealed In Fired Refs' COVID Suit

    The NBA has urged a New York federal court to issue a ruling protecting private medical records and other information about employees not in involved a lawsuit brought by former referees, who alleged they were terminated after refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine even though they requested religious exemption.

  3. July 16, 2024

    Ex-NBA Ref Must Show Psychologist Comms In COVID-19 Suit

    A former NBA referee must turn over records between his psychologist and his counsel to demonstrate whether the league's COVID-19 vaccination policies had the debilitating effect on his psyche that he claims in a lawsuit, a New York federal judge has ruled.

  4. November 14, 2022

    NBA Gave Referees 'Jab Or Job' Ultimatum, Suit Says

    Three former longtime NBA officials filed suit in Manhattan federal court Saturday claiming that the league fired them for not getting the COVID-19 vaccine despite their sincere religious objections.