EMPLOYMENT DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF OREGON, et al. v. SMITH

Citation

485 U.S. 660 (1987)

Decision : 5-3

Majority Opinion: John Stevens

Justices Participating

• Anthony Kennedy | other

• Antonin Scalia | voted with the majority or plurality

• Byron White | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harry Blackmun | dissent

• John Stevens | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Sandra O’Connor | voted with the majority or plurality

• Thurgood Marshall | dissent

• William Rehnquist | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Brennan | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

Categories

• Religion
• States/Authority of states
• U.S. Constitution

Cited Cases

Case Cited In

• 494 U.S. 872 (1989), EMPLOYMENT DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES OF OREGON, et al. v. SMITH et al.