Jerrold S. HELLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EBB AUTO CO., Dba Ron Tonkin Mitsubishi, Defendant-Appellee

CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

Jerrold S. Heller appeals a district court judgment and a jury verdict in favor of EBB Auto Company in Heller’s action alleging that EBB unlawfully terminated him in violation of Title VII, its Oregon statutory counterpart, and Oregon common law. Because we find that EBB failed to initiate any effort to reasonably accommodate Heller’s religious practice of attending the ceremony in which his wife and children were converted to Judaism, we reverse.

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In late 1984, EBB Auto Company hired Jerrold S. Heller, who is Jewish, as a used-car salesperson. At that time,…