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9th Circuit sympathetic to Nevada churches in COVID-19 fight

by Scott Sonner
| December 9, 2020 12:09 AM

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A three-member U.S. appeals court panel appeared sympathetic Tuesday to arguments by lawyers for two Nevada churches that say state COVID-19 restrictions treating churches differently than casinos and other secular businesses violate their First Amendment rights.

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