Garland v. Orange Cnty.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a plaintiff establishes the existence of a bona fide religious belief by merely alleging it if the employer offers no evidence to the contrary
• explaining that this provision allows claims under both a disparate treatment theory and a failure to accommodate theory
• finding that company did not need to grant accommodation when doing so would “subject itself to possible suits” from other employees
• stating that a prima facie case under the accommodation theory requires evidence that the plaintiff informed the employer that his religious needs conflicted with an employment requirement and asked the employer to accommodate his religious needs
• “[Gjiving notice to co-workers at the same time as an employee violates employment requirements is insufficient to provide adequate notice to the employer and to shield the employee’s conduct”
• analyzing Title VII claim for religious discrimination under both failure-to-accommodate and disparate-treatment theories

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