United States Third Circuit

In an employment discrimination action involving a police officer's request to wear religious garb with her uniform, district court's grant of summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where the court correctly concluded defendant would suffer undue hardship under Title VII if required to grant plaintiff's requested religious accommodation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/07/2009
• Published 04/07/2009

Judges

• Before:  SCIRICA, Chief Judge, McKEE and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jeffrey M. Pollock, Esquire (Argued), Abbey T. Harris, Esquire, Fox Rothschild LLP, Lawrenceville, NJ, Seval Yildirim, Esquire, Costa Mesa, CA, for Appellant., John S. Ghose, Esquire, Fred T. Magaziner, Esquire, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Amici Curiae/Appellant, American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, American Civil Liberties Union, Council on American Islamic Relations, Majlis Ash'Shura, American Muslim Law Enforcement Officers Association, Islamic Society of North America, Muslim Public Affairs Council, Muslim Alliance in North America, Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation, The Sikh Coalition, and Shalom Center.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eleanor N. Ewing, Esquire (Argued), City of Philadelphia Law Department, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee.