AMERICAN POSTAL WKRS. UNION v. POSTMASTER GENERAL

No. 84-2388.

781 F.2d 772 (1986)

AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, SAN FRANCISCO LOCAL; Alice Lindstrom; Robert Davis, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. POSTMASTER GENERAL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Daniel Boone, Van Bourg, Allen, Weinberg & Roger, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

John F. Cordes, Harold J. Krent, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

Before CHOY, Senior Circuit Judge, FARRIS, Circuit Judge, and HATFIELD, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Section 703(a)(1) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a)(1) makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to discriminate against an employee or prospective employee on the basis of his or her religion. Section 701(j) of Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(j) (1970 ed., Supp. V) states in turn:

The term `religion' includes all aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as belief, unless an employer...

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