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The Seventh-day Adventist church is attempting to bring a member’s religious accommodation case to the Supreme Court after it was dismissed by a lower court. The plaintiff is a former Walgreens training instructor who was fired for refusing to work on Saturday, the Seventh-day Adventist Sabbath. The plaintiff’s case was presented in front of a federal appeals court, which ruled in Walgreen’s favor stating that the employer had provided reasonable accommodations to the best of their ability. Additionally, the court decided that employing someone who was unable to work on Saturday created an undue hardship for the employer. In approaching the Supreme Court with this matter, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is contesting Title VII’s definition of “undue hardship,” and has received support from numerous religious groups in this endeavor.