The Plain Dealer reports that on Monday, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in Tepper v. Potter (Case No. 06-4182 on PACER), holding that a Jewish postal worker could not prove his allegations that he was discriminated against and that his employer failed to accomodate him. Mr. Tepper had sued in federal district court in Cleveland (Case No. 04-00343 on PACER), claiming claimed that his employer forced him to work on Saturdays, when he wanted to observe the Sabbath. Competing twists in the case were that the post office fully accomodated Tepper's religious wishes until it reduced staff at Tepper's station, the Union voted to end Tepper's scheduling accomodation (since its members were pulling more and more Saturday shifts to cover for Tepper), and the new union contract dropped the accomodation. Since there were still ways for Tepper to take Saturdays off (by using leave or switching with other staff), the court held that Tepper was not unfairly treated or disciplined.