Alexander Shapolia v. Los Alamos National Laboratory, and John Whetten

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• concluding that alleged “procedural irregularities” didn’t create an inference of discrimination because no evidence suggested “the irregularities were connected to the alleged discrimination”
• applying a modified McDonnell Douglas test to a plaintiffs claim that he was unlawfully discharged because he did not share his supervisor’s Mormon beliefs
• promulgating alternate prima facie requirements where Plaintiff asserts that he was discriminated against for being of a different religion than his supervisors
• noting burden of establishing prima facie religious discrimination claim is not onerous
• noting burden of establishing prima facie religious discrimination claim is not onerous
• noting in religious-belief cases, “[t]here are no questions regarding accommodation or reasonableness”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).