Legal Opinion
Frazee v. Illinois Department of Employment Security
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 29, 1989No. 87-1945PublishedCited by 190 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The Illinois Unemployment Insurance Act provides that “[a]n individual shall be ineligible for benefits if he has failed, without good cause, either to apply for available, suitable work when so directed ... or to accept suitable work when offered him . . . .” Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 48, ¶433 (1986). In April 1984, William Frazee refused a temporary retail position offered him by Kelly Services because the job would have required him to work on Sunday. Frazee told Kelly that, as a Christian, he could not work on “the Lord’s day.” Frazee then applied to the Illinois Department of Employment…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security DivisionSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. SeegerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n of Fla.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by190 opinions
- Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of HialeahSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Kay v. BemisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2007
- Dunn v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- Nelson v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
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