FRAZEE v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY et al. (1989) - Ballotpedia

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FRAZEE v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY et al.

Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: March 1, 1989
Decided: March 29, 1989
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Anthony Kennedy • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

FRAZEE v. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 29, 1989. The case was argued before the court on March 1, 1989.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Free exercise of religion
Petitioner: Unemployed person or unemployment compensation applicant or claimant
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State department or agency
Respondent state: Illinois
Citation: 489 U.S. 829
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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