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WILLIAMS v. SOUTHERN U. GAS. CO.

Nos. 75-1104 and 75-1105.

529 F.2d 483 (1976)

Larry J. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. SOUTHERN UNION GAS COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Amicus Curiae, Newspaper Agency Corporation, Amicus Curiae in the Cross Appeal.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Laughlin, Estancia, N. M. (Ralph K. Helge, Pasadena, Cal., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant and cross-appellee.

Owen M. Lopez, Santa Fe, N. M. (Jeffrey R. Brannen, Montgomery, Federici, Andrews, Hannahs & Buell, Santa Fe, N. M., on the brief), for defendant-appellee and cross-appellant.

Charles L. Reischel, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C. (Julia P. Cooper, Acting Gen. Counsel, Joseph T. Eddins, Jr., Associate Gen. Counsel, Beatrice Rosenberg, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, amicus curiae.

James S. Lowrie and Edward J. McDonough, Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough, Salt Lake City, Utah, on the brief for Newspaper Agency Corp., amicus curiae.

Before HOLLOWAY, McWILLIAMS and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.

McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

This is a Civil Rights case based on a claim of unlawful job discharge. From July 1962 until October 3, 1970, Larry Williams was employed by the Southern Union Gas Company, initially as a dehydrator repairman's helper and later as a production repairman. On October 3, 1970, a Saturday, Williams was fired by Southern Union when he refused to report for work. Williams was at that time a member of the Worldwide Church of God. One of the tenets...

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