Adele Sherbert
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Adele Sherbert was the Seventh-day Adventist worker whose denial of unemployment benefits for refusing to work on her Sabbath led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court religious freedom case Sherbert v. Verner.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Seventh-day Adventist
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person → |
| associatedWithConcept |
religious accommodation in employment
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strict scrutiny for substantial burdens on religious exercise → |
| benefitProgramInvolved |
state unemployment insurance
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| caseOutcomeForSubject |
unemployment benefits ultimately granted
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| causeOfDenialOfBenefits |
refusal to work on her Sabbath
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| constitutionalProvisionInvolved |
Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| employerType |
textile company
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| hasOccupation |
textile mill worker
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| impactOnLaw |
influenced later religious freedom jurisprudence in the United States
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strengthened protections for religious exercise against government burdens → |
| jurisdictionOfCase |
Supreme Court of the United States
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| knownFor |
being the claimant in the U.S. Supreme Court case Sherbert v. Verner
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| legalIssueInvolved |
free exercise of religion
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unemployment compensation and religious observance → |
| legalSignificance |
landmark U.S. religious freedom case
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leading case on unemployment benefits and religious observance → |
| partyToCase |
Sherbert v. Verner
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| precedentEstablished |
Sherbert test
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| reasonForJobLoss |
refusal to work on Saturday shifts
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| religion |
Seventh-day Adventism
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| roleInCourtCase |
plaintiff
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| SabbathDayObserved |
Saturday
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| significantEvent |
denial of unemployment benefits by South Carolina
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refusal to work on Saturday because of religious beliefs → |
| stateInvolved |
South Carolina
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| workLocation |
South Carolina
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Referenced by (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Sherbert test
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namedAfter |
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Verner, Administrator, Employment Security Commission of South Carolina
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opposedPartyInSherbert v. Verner |
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Sherbert v. Verner
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petitioner |