Holding: A Seventh-day Adventist who was terminated for refusing to work on Saturdays is entitled to unemployment benefits because the denial of benefits violated her constitutional right to free exercise of religion.
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Lester v. Butler (No. A14A2008) is a Free Exercise case decided by the State Appellate Court in 2015. The court held that a Seventh-day Adventist who was terminated for refusing to work on Saturdays is entitled to unemployment benefits because the denial of benefits violated her constitutional right to free exercise of religion.