First Circuit Revives Whole Foods Case Over BLM Masks at Work

A former employee of Whole Foods Market Inc. will get a second shot with claims she was unlawfully fired for wearing a “Black Lives Matter” face mask, after a federal appeals court revived her case.

The Boston-based US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Friday vacated a ruling in favor of the supermarket chain owned by Amazon.com Inc., but only for lead plaintiff Savannah Kinzer. The three-judge panel affirmed Whole Foods’ lower court win over two other plaintiffs.

Kinzer’s claims will be remanded back to Judge Allison D. Burroughs of the US District Court for the District of ...