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THOMAS v. REVIEW BOARD OF THE INDIANA EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DIVISION et al. (1981)

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THOMAS v. REVIEW BOARD OF THE INDIANA EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DIVISION et al.
Term: 1980
Important Dates
Argued: October 7, 1980
Decided: April 6, 1981
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-1
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun
Dissenting
William Rehnquist

THOMAS v. REVIEW BOARD OF THE INDIANA EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DIVISION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1981. The case was argued before the court on October 7, 1980.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana State Appellate 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 commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: Indiana
  • Citation: 450 U.S. 707
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Warren Burger

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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