Opoku-Boateng v. State of California

The Ninth Circuit ruled that an employer must make a genuine effort to accommodate an employee’s religious observance when the employee refused to work on Saturdays.

ReligiousLiberty.TV
February 26, 2026
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Year: 1997
Holding: The Ninth Circuit ruled that an employer must make a genuine effort to accommodate an employee's religious observance when the employee refused to work on Saturdays.
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Opoku-Boateng v. State of California is a Free Exercise case in 1997. The court held that the Ninth Circuit ruled that an employer must make a genuine effort to accommodate an employee's religious observance when the employee refused to work on Saturdays.