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· 1/28/2015

Donald Yeager v. FirstEnergy Generation Corp.

Citations

  • 777 F.3d 362
  • 2015 FED App. 0018P
  • 2015 WL 343951
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 1463
  • 98 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 45,240
  • 125 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1685

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that courts apply the same analysis to Title VII and R.C. § 4112 claims
  • refraining from deciding whether plaintiff failed to make out a step one prima facie case, or, under step two, the employer showed that violating a federal statute would impose undue hardship
  • “This conclusion is consistent with Title VII’s text, which says nothing that might license an employer to disregard other federal statutes in the name of reasonably accommodating an employee’s religious practices.”
  • “[e]very circuit to consider the issue has ... h[e]ld that Title VII does not require an employer to reasonably accommodate an employee's religious beliefs if such accommodation would violate a federal statute.”
  • “Every circuit to consider the issue has ... h[e]ld that Title VII does not require an employer to reasonably accommodate an employee’s religious beliefs if such accommodation would violate a federal statute.”

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Judges: Batchelder, Moore, Per Curiam, Sutton

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