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|date=June 17, 1963
|subject=Constitutional Liberties
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|facts=Sherbert, a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, refused to work on Saturdays. She had been denied unemployment benefits.
|holding=State laws burdening the free exercise rights of people may only stand if there is a compelling state interest.
|holding=State laws burdening the free exercise rights of people may only stand if there is a compelling state interest.
|comments=*[[Constitutional_Law_Maggs/4th_ed._Outline_II#Q1._What_is_a_substantial_burden.3F_.28Sherbert.29]]
|comments=*[[Constitutional_Law_Maggs/4th_ed._Outline_II#Q1._What_is_a_substantial_burden.3F_.28Sherbert.29]]
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*[[Reynolds v. United States]], 1879, Mormon polygamy case
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Sherbert v. Verner
Court Supreme Court of the United States
Citation
Date decided June 17, 1963

Facts

Sherbert, a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, refused to work on Saturdays. She had been denied unemployment benefits.

Holding

State laws burdening the free exercise rights of people may only stand if there is a compelling state interest.

Comments