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HOBBIE v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMM'N OF FLA.

No. 85-993.

480 U.S. 136 (1987)

HOBBIE v. UNEMPLOYMENT APPEALS COMMISSION OF FLORIDA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 25, 1987

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter E. Carson argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Mitchell A. Tyner and Frank M. Palmour.

John D. Maher argued the cause and filed a brief for appellee Unemployment Appeals Commission.*

Solicitor General Fried, Assistant Attorney General Reynolds, Deputy Solicitor General Ayer, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Carvin, and Roger Clegg filed a brief for the United States as amicus curiae.

JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant's employer discharged her when she refused to work certain scheduled hours because of sincerely held religious convictions adopted after beginning employment. The question to be decided is whether Florida's denial of unemployment compensation benefits to appellant violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution, as applied to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment.

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