Legal Opinion
Duane Terrell BURNS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO. Et Al., Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 8, 1979No. 76-1188PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:
Burns brought this Title VII action seeking to enjoin his employer, Southern Pacific Transportation Company (“Company”) and the United Transportation Union and its local (“Union”)- from discharging him for his refusal to pay union dues and assessments in violation of his sincerely-held religious beliefs. The district court held that the Union and the Company had fulfilled their statutory duties of accommodation required by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq., particularly § 2000e(j) (1970 Supp. 2)) when they offered to relieve Burns…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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