Richard Thompson, Complainant, v. Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, Agency.

8 Cited authorities

  1. Universal Camera Corp. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

    340 U.S. 474 (1951)   Cited 9,642 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that court may not "displace the Board's choice between two fairly conflicting views, even though the court would justifiably have made a different choice had the matter been before it de novo "
  2. Pullman-Standard v. Swint

    456 U.S. 273 (1982)   Cited 1,622 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[w]hen an appellate court discerns that a district court has failed to make a finding because of an erroneous view of the law, the usual rule is that there should be a remand for further proceedings to permit the trial court to make the missing findings"
  3. Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison

    432 U.S. 63 (1977)   Cited 783 times   62 Legal Analyses
    Holding that to leave the employershort-handed would involve costs to the employer “in the form of lost efficiency”
  4. Ansonia Bd. of Educ. v. Philbrook

    479 U.S. 60 (1986)   Cited 457 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"
  5. Tiano v. Dillard Dep't Stores, Inc.

    139 F.3d 679 (9th Cir. 1998)   Cited 126 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"
  6. Heller v. EBB Auto Co.

    8 F.3d 1433 (9th Cir. 1993)   Cited 130 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”
  7. Redmond v. Gaf Corp.

    574 F.2d 897 (7th Cir. 1978)   Cited 95 times
    Holding employee's statement informing employer that "I [am] not able to work on Saturday because of my religious obligation" was sufficient
  8. 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