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Majority Opinion
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Burger, C.J. (joined by Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens, and O’Connor, JJ.) |
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Concurring Opinion
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O’Connor, J. (joined by Marshall, J.) |
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Dissenting Opinion
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Rehnquist, J. |
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Lower Court
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Connecticut Supreme Court |
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Lower Court Ruling
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Establishment Clause Claim upheld. |
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Oral Arguments
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audio record
[Oyez]
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| Lawyers |
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| Briefs |
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Connecticut Retail Merchants Association, Equal Employment Advisory Council (supporting Respondents)
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Solicitor General Lee for the United States, Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith, Americans for United Separation of Church and State, Council of State Governments, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, et al (supporting Petitioner)
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| Opinion - Lower Court |
Caldor, Inc. v. Thornton, 464 A.2d 785 (Conn., 1983)
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| News |
"Excerpts From Court Opinions on Law for Employee Time Off for Sabbath," New York Times, Jun. 27, 1985, sect. B, pg. 8
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"Justices Reject Rule Protecting Employee From Sabbath Work," Los Angeles Times, Jun. 26, 1985, pg. 2
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Elsasser, Glen, "Nation/world; Sabbath no sacred cow, court says," Chicago Tribune, Jun. 27, 1985, pg. 3
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Greenhouse, Linda, "Church-State Issue to Be Sharpened," New York Times, Aug. 6, 1984, sect. A, pg. 16
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Greenhouse, Linda, "Church-State Issue to Be Sharpened," New York Times, Aug. 6, 1984, sect. A, pg. 16
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Greenhouse, Linda, "High Court Voids Connecticut Sabbath Law; Court Voids Connecticut Statute on Worker Day Off for Sabbath," New York Times, Jun. 27, 1985, sect. A. pg. 1
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Hamilton, Robert A., "Reaction is Slight to Sabbath Ruling," New York Times, Oct. 23, 1983, sect. CN, pg. 16
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Margolick, David, "High Court Gets Connecticut Sabbath-Work Case," New York Times, Apr. 11, 1984, sect. A, pg. 24
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| Other |
Chemerinsky, Erwin, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (3rd Ed.) (2006), pp. 1204-1205
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Gey, Steven G., RELIGION AND THE STATE (2nd Ed.) (2006), pp. 769-772
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Stone, Seidman, Sunstein, Tushnet, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (3rd Ed.) (1996), pp. 1615, 1622, 1623
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