Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida

E67058

U.S. constitutional law case United States Supreme Court case free exercise of religion case

Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida is a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a state may not deny unemployment benefits to a worker who is fired for refusing, on newly adopted religious grounds, to work on her Sabbath.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission	1
Paula R. Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida	1

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. constitutional law case ⓘ United States Supreme Court case ⓘ free exercise of religion case ⓘ
appliedToStatesThrough	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
areaOfLaw	First Amendment law ⓘ employment law ⓘ
citation	107 S. Ct. 1046 ⓘ 480 U.S. 136 ⓘ 94 L. Ed. 2d 190 ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1987 ⓘ
dissentBy	John Paul Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Paula R. Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida
holding	A state may not deny unemployment benefits to a worker who is fired for refusing, on newly adopted religious grounds, to work on her Sabbath ⓘ Denial of unemployment benefits in these circumstances violates the Free Exercise Clause ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
legalIssue	Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment ⓘ denial of unemployment compensation benefits ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
petitioner	Paula R. Hobbie ⓘ
principle	Government may not condition receipt of a public benefit on the surrender of religiously motivated conduct ⓘ Newly adopted religious beliefs are entitled to the same constitutional protection as long-held beliefs ⓘ
relatedCase	Sherbert v. Verner ⓘ Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division ⓘ
respondent	Unemployment Appeals Commission of Florida ⓘ
result	Reversal of the Florida court’s decision denying benefits ⓘ
stateParty	Florida ⓘ
topic	religious accommodation in employment ⓘ unemployment insurance ⓘ
vote	8–1 ⓘ

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