Legal Opinion
Mathewson v. Florida Game & Fresh Water Fish Commission
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided March 24, 1988No. 86-58 Civ-T-10(A)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
HODGES, Chief Judge.
This is an action claiming religious discrimination in employment, brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (Title VII). The case was tried to the Court on September 21— 23, 1987.
The Plaintiff, Dave M. Mathewson, is a former Wildlife Lieutenant of the Defendant, the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, and is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist faith. The tenets of the Seventh-day Adventist faith prohibit work on the Sabbath which is the period between sundown Friday and sundown…
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