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Complainant v. U.S. Postal Serv.

EEOC Appeal No. 0120133188 (E.E.O.C. Jul. 24, 2015)
Complainant v. U.S. Postal Serv.

7 Cited authorities

  1. Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison

    432 U.S. 63 (1977)   Cited 795 times   62 Legal Analyses
    Holding that to leave the employershort-handed would involve costs to the employer “in the form of lost efficiency”

  2. Ansonia Bd. of Educ. v. Philbrook

    479 U.S. 60 (1986)   Cited 464 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding an accommodation is reasonable where it "allow the individual to observe fully religious holy days and requires him only to give up compensation for a day that he did not in fact work"

  3. Tiano v. Dillard Dep't Stores, Inc.

    139 F.3d 679 (9th Cir. 1998)   Cited 137 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the employee's religious belief-that she "had a calling from God" to take a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, Yugoslavia in October-was not in conflict with Dillard's "no-leave policy" for October through December because "the timing of the trip was a personal preference and not part of her calling"

  4. Heller v. EBB Auto Co.

    8 F.3d 1433 (9th Cir. 1993)   Cited 140 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the plaintiff established the second element of his prima facie case for failure to accommodate his “religious practice of attending the ceremony in which his wife and children were converted to Judaism,” where the plaintiff's supervisor “knew” that he was Jewish, “knew” that his “wife was studying for conversion,” and “when [the plaintiff] requested the time off, he informed the [supervisor] why he needed to miss work”

  5. Redmond v. Gaf Corp.

    574 F.2d 897 (7th Cir. 1978)   Cited 100 times
    Holding employee's statement informing employer that "I [am] not able to work on Saturday because of my religious obligation" was sufficient

  6. Turpen v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. Co.

    736 F.2d 1022 (5th Cir. 1984)   Cited 69 times

    No. 83-1493. July 19, 1984. Rehearing Denied August 2, 1984. Jenkins Watkins, David Watkins, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant. Worsham, Forsythe Sampels, Robert A. Wooldridge, Richard L. Adams, Dallas, Tex., for Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. Co. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Before BROWN, GEE, and RUBIN, Circuit Judges. GEE, Circuit Judge: Plaintiff Johnnie F. Turpen, a Seventh-Day Adventist, was discharged from his temporary employment with the

  7. Section 2000e-16 - Employment by Federal Government

    42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16   Cited 5,026 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Adopting provisions of § 2000e-5(f)-(k), including that "[e]ach United States district court . . . shall have jurisdiction of actions brought under this subchapter"