Groff v. DeJoy (U.S.)
In Groff, a Postal Service worker is seeking an accommodation under Title VII that would allow him to observe his Sabbath by not working on Sundays. The Third Circuit upheld the denial of that accommodation under an older Supreme Court case, TWA v. Hardison, which relieves employers of the need to provide religious accommodations if doing so would impose "more than a de minimis" cost on the business. The petition asks the Court to overturn Hardison.
Case Documents
- Brief of Religious Liberty Scholars and Employment Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner on Writ of Certiorari to the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Supreme Court) (Feb. 28, 2023)
- Brief of Religious Liberty Scholars and Employment Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner on Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Supreme Court) (Sept. 26, 2022)
Commentary and Other Media Coverage
- "Religious rights case of Christian postal worker" by June Grasso, published by Bloomberg Law (April 20, 2023)
- "Supreme Court looks for common ground for postal worker who didn't want to work Sundays" by Carol Zimmermann, published by The Tablet (April 18, 2023)
- "The post office made a Christian employee work on Sundays. Now he's at the Supreme Court" by Sanya Mansoor, published by TIME (April 17, 2023)
- "Supreme Court to hear case of postal worker forced to work on Sundays" by Carol Zimmermann, published by The Tablet (Jan. 25, 2023)
Meet the Team
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Director, Religious Liberty Clinic
Term Teaching Professor -
Paul J. Schierl/Fort Howard Corporation Professor of Law; Concurrent Professor of Political Science; Director, Program on Church, State & Society
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2022-23 Student Fellow
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2022-23 Student Fellow
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2021-22 Student Fellow
2022-23 Student Fellow