Legal Opinion
Dean G. VETTER, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. FARMLAND INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant/Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1997No. 96-4286PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
Dean Vetter sued his employer, Farmland Industries, Inc., under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et. seq., for terminating him for refusing to move to his trade territory. Vetter contended that his religious beliefs required him to live in a city with an active Jewish community and synagogue and that Farmland had discriminated against him on the basis of his religion by enforcing its residence requirement and not reasonably accommodating his beliefs. A jury returned a verdict in Farmland’s favor, but the district court granted Vetter’s motion…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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