Ansonia Board of Education v. Philbrook

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1986-11-17

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Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner Ansonia Board of Education has employed respondent Ronald Philbrook since 1962 to teach high school business and typing classes in Ansonia, Connecticut. In 1968, Philbrook was baptized into the Worldwide Church of God. The tenets of the church require members to refrain from secular employment during designated holy days, a < cita…

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