The United States District Court Western District of Arkansas and the United
States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, refused to hear Denise Johnson's case.
Johnson alleges that Mark Witcher engaged in religious discrimination in violation
of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the First Amendment of the United
States Constitution. The questions presented are:

1. Whether the respondent's termination of the petitioner for observing the
Seventh-Day Adventist Sabbath day (Saturday) constitutes religious
discrimination in violation of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Acts.

2. Whether the First Amendment's freedom of religion element protects citizens
against religious discrimination in the workplace.

3. Whether a person can be terminated the day after keeping religious
observations and retaliated against by being banned from future employment
companywide without giving detailed cause.

4. Whether it is lawful for the respondent to use "personal" as a justified
explanation for terminating the petitioner.

Whether the respondent's termination of the petitioner for observing the Seventh-Day Adventist Sabbath day (Saturday) constitutes religious-discrimination