Columbus, OH – Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute, issued the following statement on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s denial of Buckeye’s petition for an initial en banc hearing.

“The denial of The Buckeye Institute’s petition for an initial en banc hearing in Phillips v. OSHA is disappointing. An en banc hearing would have ensured a faster resolution to these cases which would have given our clients—who will suffer substantial and irreparable economic harm if the OSHA vaccine mandate is enforced—greater certainty,” said Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute and counsel of record representing Phillips Manufacturing & Tower Company and Sixarp LLC against the OSHA vaccine mandate.

Buckeye’s co-counsel in the case are Patrick Strawbridge, Jeffrey M. Harris, and Daniel Shapiro at Consovoy McCarthy PLLC. 

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