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Legal Citation: 450 U.S. 707 (1981)

Petitioner
Eddie C. Thomas

Respondent
Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division

Petitioner's Claim
That the Indiana Employment Security Division's refusal to grant unemployment benefits to Thomas, a Jehovah's Witness who quit his job for religious reasons, violated his right to free exercise of religion.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Blanca Bianchi de la Torre

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
William E. Daily

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Warren E. Burger (writing for the Court), Thurgood Marshall, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., John Paul Stevens, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
William H. Rehnquist

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
6 April 1981

Decision
The...