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.
By ReligiousLiberty.TV • February 26, 2026 • U.S. Const. amend. I
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Opoku-Boateng v. State of California (1997).
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Opoku-Boateng v. State of California [1997] — 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. Source: ReligiousLiberty.TV (https://religiousliberty.tv/case-library/opoku-boateng/, accessed October 24, 2026).
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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.