Legal Opinion
Balint v. Carson City
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 14, 1999No. 96-17342PublishedCited by 401 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge T.G. NELSON; Dissent by Judge KLEINFELD.
T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the question of whether the existence of a bona fide seniority system obviates the duty to reasonably accommodate the religious needs of an employee pursuant to Title VIL We hold that the mere existence of a seniority system does not relieve an employer of the duty to attempt reasonable accommodation of its employees’ religious practices, if such an accommodation can be accomplished without modification of the seniority system and with no more than a de minimis cost. Because the district…
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