WARD v. ALLEGHENY LUDLUM STEEL CORP.

Nos. 75-2178, 75-2179.

560 F.2d 579 (1977)

Thomas C. WARD, Appellant in No. 75-2179, v. ALLEGHENY LUDLUM STEEL CORPORATION, a Division of Allegheny Ludlum Industries, Inc., Appellant in No. 75-2178, and United Steel Workers of America Local 1196, and United Steelworkers of America, International.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert N. Hackett, Joan P. Feldman, Baskin, Boreman, Wilner, Sachs, Gondelman & Craig, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Thomas C. Ward.

Robert L. Frantz, R. A. King, Lewis U. Davis, Jr., Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rodewald, Kyle & Buerger, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Allegheny Ludlum Industries, Inc.

Brian K. Landsberg, Walter W. Barnett, John C. Hammock, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S., as amicus curiae.

Before ADAMS, GIBBONS and HUNTER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

This appeal poses a difficult question concerning the degree to which Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, requires an employer to accommodate the religious beliefs of its employees.1 Inasmuch as the Supreme Court in Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hardison2 has provided new guidelines for such inquiry...

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