| Case
Name |
Year | Decision
of the Court | Topic
Group(s) | |
| Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 | 1963 | Refusal to take a job due to religious beliefs does not disqualify claimant for unemployment compensation. |
Unemployment Compensation
| |
| St. Martin Evangelical Lutheran Church v. South Dakota, 451 U.S. 772 | 1981 | The word "church" in the Federal Unemployment Tax Act exempting services performed in the employ of a church applies to schools that have no separate corporate existence from a church. |
Religious Schools and Colleges
Unemployment Compensation
| |
| Thomas v. Review Bd., 450 U.S. 707 | 1981 | Denial of unemployment benefits because religious beliefs forbade production of armaments violated First Amendment. |
Jehovah's Witnesses
Military Service
Unemployment Compensation
| |
| Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n, 480 U.S. 136 | 1987 | Refusal to award unemployment compensation benefits to claimant, who was discharged when she refused to work on her Sabbath, violated free exercise. |
Unemployment Compensation
| |
| Employment Div. v. Smith, 485 U.S. 660 | 1988 | State court must determine whether religious use of peyote is legal under state law. |
Unemployment Compensation
| |
| Frazee v. Illinois Dep't of Empl. Security, 489 U.S. 829 | 1989 | Denial of unemployment benefits to individual, who declined job because it would have required him to work on Sunday, was violative of free exercise. |
Unemployment Compensation
| |
| Employment Div. v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872 | 1990 | Upheld denial of compensation where workers were fired after using peyote for sacramental purposes; Sherbert v. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963), compelling interest test rejected. |
Native American Religious Liberty
Unemployment Compensation
| |
