Legal Opinion
DePriest v. Bible
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided June 27, 1980PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHRIVER, Presiding Judge.
The Case
This is an appeal from the action of the Tennessee Department of Employment Security in denying unemployment compensation benefits to petitioner Brenda DePriest. Petitioner was employed by the Tennessee Department of Human Services as a secretary, in which capacity she served for approximately ten months when she applied for leave to keep certain holy days of her religion, the Feast of Tabernacles and the Last Great Day, a total of eight days. This request was denied by her employer and, thereafter, her employment was terminated in October, 1978 after…
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