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

Citation

494 U.S. 872 (1989)

Decision : 6-3

Majority Opinion: Antonin Scalia

Justices Participating

• Anthony Kennedy | voted with the majority or plurality

• Antonin Scalia | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion

• Byron White | voted with the majority or plurality

• Harry Blackmun | dissent , justice wrote an opinion

• John Stevens | voted with the majority or plurality

• Sandra O’Connor | concurrence , justice wrote an opinion

• Thurgood Marshall | dissent

• William Rehnquist | voted with the majority or plurality

• William Brennan | dissent

Categories

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

Cited Cases

• 485 U.S. 660 (1987), EMPLOYMENT DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF OREGON, et al. v. SMITH
• 485 U.S. 439 (1987), RICHARD E. LYNG, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, et al. v. NORTHWEST INDIAN CEMETERY PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION et al.
• 476 U.S. 693 (1985), BOWEN, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al. v. ROY et al.