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HOBBIE v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION OF FLORIDA et al. (1987)

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HOBBIE v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION OF FLORIDA et al.
Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: December 10, 1986
Decided: February 25, 1987
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • Byron White
Concurring
Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
William Rehnquist

HOBBIE v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION OF FLORIDA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 1987. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1986.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida State Appellate Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Free exercise of religion
  • Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: Florida
  • Citation: 480 U.S. 136
  • 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: William Brennan

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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