Lynnwood’s Olympus Spa asks US Supreme Court to reverse Ninth Circuit ruling forcing men into women-only nude spa
LYNNWOOD—Attorneys with the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) and Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) on Monday, August 10, asked the United State Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit ruling that upheld Washington state’s enforcement of its public-accommodations law against Olympus Spa, a traditional Korean women-only spa in Lynnwood and Tacoma, requiring transgender women into its facilities. […]
Lynnwood’s Olympus Spa heading to US Supreme Court after Ninth Circuit denies rehearing of case
LYNNWOOD—The Ninth Circuit Court on March 12 denied petitions by Lynnwood-based Olympus Spa for a rehearing of its case in front of the original three-panel judges against the enforcement action by the Washington State Human Rights Commission (WSHRC), and a rehearing en banc by the full Ninth Circuit to not allow pre-op transwomen access to its female-exclusive […]
Ninth Circuit sides with state in Olympus Spa transgender lawsuit
LYNNWOOD—The Ninth District Court of Appeals ruled that Olympus Spa – a Lynnwood-based, female-only, Korean spa that requires patrons to be fully nude – cannot sue the Washington State Human Rights Commission on First Amendment grounds for requiring transgender women into its facilities. “The HRC’s enforcement action against Olympus Spa was a straightforward application of […]
