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Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court rules against USPS in Sunday work case

The setting sun illuminates the Supreme Court building in Washington on Jan. 10. (Patrick Semansky/AP)

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously handed a major victory to religious groups by greatly expanding how far employers must go to accommodate the religious views of their employees.

The court ruled in favor of Gerald Groff, an evangelical Christian postal worker, who refused to work on Sundays for religious reasons and said the U.S. Postal Service should accommodate his religious belief. He sued USPS for religious discrimination when he got in trouble for refusing to work Sunday shifts.

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