Workplace vaccine mandates

1. Whether federal, state or local government may regulate the means and methods of controlling a recognized occupational hazard — including by requiring private employers to impose specified conditions of employment — where federal standards under the Occupational Safety and Health Act already govern that issue and the Act contains an express preemption provision, 29 U.S.C. §667. 2. Whether 29 U.S.C. § 669(a)(5), which provides that “nothing in this or any other provision of the Act authorizes or requires medical examination, immunization, or treatment over religious objection, ” protects an individual federal right prohibiting employers and government entities from compelling any medical treatment as a workplace safety measure. 3. Whether lower courts may invoke stare decisis to decline to apply the plain text of a federal statute that expressly provides a private right of action where prior precedent did not interpret the statutory provisions at issue. 4. Whether a federal court may deny declaratory and injunctive relief, including class certification, for ongoing violations of federal law solely on the ground that the statute does not expressly provide a private right of action for damages. 5. Whether repeal of a government mandate moots claims for declaratory and injunctive relief where employees remain excluded from employment and continue to suffer ongoing consequences. 6. Whether a federal court may deny a motion for summary judgment based solely on local procedural rules requiring pre-motion authorization, where Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 mandates summary judgment in the absence of a genuine dispute of material fact.