Derrick Brown, Complainant, v. John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United States Postal Service, Agency.

5 Cited authorities

  1. Universal Camera Corp. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.

    340 U.S. 474 (1951)   Cited 9,663 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that court may not "displace the Board's choice between two fairly conflicting views, even though the court would justifiably have made a different choice had the matter been before it de novo "
  2. Pullman-Standard v. Swint

    456 U.S. 273 (1982)   Cited 1,623 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[w]hen an appellate court discerns that a district court has failed to make a finding because of an erroneous view of the law, the usual rule is that there should be a remand for further proceedings to permit the trial court to make the missing findings"
  3. Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison

    432 U.S. 63 (1977)   Cited 789 times   62 Legal Analyses
    Holding that to leave the employershort-handed would involve costs to the employer “in the form of lost efficiency”
  4. Heller v. EBB Auto Co.

    8 F.3d 1433 (9th Cir. 1993)   Cited 139 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the plaintiff established the second element of his prima facie case for failure to accommodate his “religious practice of attending the ceremony in which his wife and children were converted to Judaism,” where the plaintiff's supervisor “knew” that he was Jewish, “knew” that his “wife was studying for conversion,” and “when [the plaintiff] requested the time off, he informed the [supervisor] why he needed to miss work”
  5. Turpen v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. Co.

    736 F.2d 1022 (5th Cir. 1984)   Cited 69 times

    No. 83-1493. July 19, 1984. Rehearing Denied August 2, 1984. Jenkins Watkins, David Watkins, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant. Worsham, Forsythe Sampels, Robert A. Wooldridge, Richard L. Adams, Dallas, Tex., for Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. Co. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Before BROWN, GEE, and RUBIN, Circuit Judges. GEE, Circuit Judge: Plaintiff Johnnie F. Turpen, a Seventh-Day Adventist, was discharged from his temporary employment with the