( November 9, 2026, 12:47 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 9 denied a petition for certiorari by the employees in their individual capacities seeking review of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ affirmance of a lower court’s dismissal of the employees’ suit alleging wrongful termination by a company related to former employees’ refusal to comply with masking and testing policies after they were exempted from the requirement to receive the COVID-19 vaccine; the Supreme Court previously denied a similar petition for certiorari in a putative class suit....