Beskæftigelse afdeling dept af menneskelige ressourcer af oregon v. smith?
Employment Division v. Smith
Employment Division of Oregon mod Smith





De Forenede Staters Højesteret



Forhandlet den 6. november 1989
Afgjort den 17. april 1990


Fuldstændigt navn på sagen
Beskæftigelsesafdelingen, Department of Human Resources of the State of Oregon, et al. mod Alfred Smith


Citater
494 U.S. 872 (mere)
110 S. Ct. 1595; 108 L. Ed. 2d 876; 1990 U.S. LEXIS 2021; 58 U.S.L.W. 4433; 52 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 855; 53 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) ¶ 39,826; Unemployment Ins. Rep. (CCH) ¶ 21,933



Forhistorie
Afgørelse mod sagsøgeren (Emp. App. Bd., 1984); omstødt og hjemvist, 75 Or.App. 764, 709 P.2d 246 (1985); bekræftet uden hjemvisning, 301 Or. 209, 721 P.2d 445 (1986); ophævet med spørgsmål til statsdomstolen, 485 U.S. 660 (1988); bekræftet igen, 307 Ore. 68, 763 P.2d 146 (1988)


Efterfølgende historie
Employee Appeals Board bekræftede, 310 Or. 376, 799 P.2d 148 (1990)


Afgørelse


Klausulen om ytringsfrihed tillader staten at forbyde sakramental peyote-brug og dermed at nægte arbejdsløshedsunderstøttelse til personer, der er blevet afskediget på grund af et sådant brug. Neutrale love med generel gyldighed er ikke i strid med den frie udøvelse-klausul i det første ændringsforslag.


Rettens medlemskab




Overdommer
William Rehnquist
Associerede dommere
William J. Brennan Jr. - Byron White
Thurgood Marshall - Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens - Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia - Anthony Kennedy




Udtalelser i sager


Flertallet
Scalia, støttet af Rehnquist, White, Stevens, Kennedy


Overensstemmelse
O'Connor, støttet af Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun (del I, II)


Uenighed
Blackmun, sammen med Brennan, Marshall


Anvendte love


U.S. Const. amend. I
Employment Division v. Smith
Employment Division of Oregon v. Smith





Supreme Court of the United States



Argued November 6, 1989
Decided April 17, 1990


Full case name
Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of the State of Oregon, et al. v. Alfred Smith


Citations
494 U.S. 872 (more)
110 S. Ct. 1595; 108 L. Ed. 2d 876; 1990 U.S. LEXIS 2021; 58 U.S.L.W. 4433; 52 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 855; 53 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) ¶ 39,826; Unemployment Ins. Rep. (CCH) ¶ 21,933



Prior history
Decision against plaintiff (Emp. App. Bd., 1984); reversed and remanded, 75 Or.App. 764, 709 P.2d 246 (1985); affirmed without remand, 301 Or. 209, 721 P.2d 445 (1986); vacated with question to the state court, 485 U.S. 660 (1988); re-affirmed, 307 Ore. 68, 763 P.2d 146 (1988)


Subsequent history
Employee Appeals Board affirmed, 310 Or. 376, 799 P.2d 148 (1990)


Holding


The Free Exercise Clause permits the State to prohibit sacramental peyote use and thus to deny unemployment benefits to persons discharged for such use. Neutral laws of general applicability do not violate the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.


Court membership




Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy




Case opinions


Majority
Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, White, Stevens, Kennedy


Concurrence
O'Connor, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun (parts I, II)


Dissent
Blackmun, joined by Brennan, Marshall


Laws applied


U.S. Const. amend. I
Employment Division v. Smith