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DRAPER v. UNITED STATES PIPE & FOUNDRY CO.

No. 75-1221.

527 F.2d 515 (1975)

John H. DRAPER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES PIPE AND FOUNDRY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 12, 1975.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 27, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Ray, Chattanooga, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

Carol Lynn Green, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae.

Jac Chambliss, Phillip A. Fleissner, Chambliss, Bahner & Crawford, Chattanooga, Tenn., William D. Vines, III, Butler, Vines, Babb & Threadgill, Knoxville, Tenn., Charles Wilson, Tampa, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and PECK and ENGEL, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 27, 1976.

PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

John Draper was discharged from his position with the United States Pipe and Foundry Company (the Company) after he refused, in accordance with the tenets of his religion, to work on four successive Saturdays. Draper brought this action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., alleging that he had been discharged because of his religion...

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