Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 6, 1981No. 79-952PublishedCited by 1,662 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari to consider whether the State’s denial of unemployment compensation benefits to the petitioner, a Jehovah’s Witness who terminated his job because his religious beliefs forbade participation in the production of armaments, constituted a violation of his First Amendment right to free exercise of religion. 444 U. S. 1070 (1980).
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Thomas terminated his employment in the Blaw-Knox Foundry & Machinery Co. when he was transferred from the roll foundry to a department that produced turrets for military tanks. He claimed his religious beliefs prevented him from participating in…
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