Groff v. Dejoy (600 U.S. 447)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 29, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 600 U.S. 447 · 143 S. Ct. 2279
- Decided
- June 29, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Alito
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 600 U. S. Part 1 Pages 447–476 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 29, 2023 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. OCTOBER TERM, 2022 447 Syllabus GROFF v. DeJOY, POSTMASTER GENERAL certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the third circuit No. 22–174. Argued April 18, 2023—Decided June 29, 2023 Petitioner Gerald Groff is an Evangelical Christian who believes for reli- gious reasons that Sunday should be devoted to worship and rest. In 2012, Groff took a mail delivery job with the United States Postal Serv- ice. Groff's position generally did not involve Sunday work, but that changed after USPS agreed to begin facilitating Sunday deliveries for Amazon. To avoid the requirement to work Sundays on a rotating basis, Groff transferred to a rural USPS station that did not make Sun- day deliveries. After Amazon deliveries began at that station as well, Groff remained unwilling to work Sundays, and USPS redistributed Groff's Sunday deliveries to other USPS staff. Groff received “pro- gressive discipline” for failing to work on…
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