No. 23-665

Tina Goede v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP, et al.

Lower Court: Minnesota
Docketed: 2023-12-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: civil-rights due-process employment-policy first-amendment free-speech philosophical-choice religious-beliefs religious-sincerity state-court-review thomas-v-review-board unemployment-benefits
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2024-03-28 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Where an unemployment applicant's religious beliefs are independently sufficient to cause her refusal to follow an employer policy, can a state deny her unemployment benefits by holding that philosophical and personal beliefs outweigh her religious beliefs?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a state deny unemployment benefits to an applicant whose religious beliefs are independently sufficient to cause her refusal to follow an employer policy?

Docket Entries

2024-04-01
Petition DENIED.
2024-03-19
Reply of petitioner Tina Goede filed. (Distributed)
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2024-03-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/28/2024.
2024-02-23
Brief of respondent Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development in opposition filed.
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2024-02-23
Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.
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2024-02-22
Letter of February 22, 2024 from counsel for respondent AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP filed.
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2024-01-26
Response Requested. (Due February 26, 2024)
2024-01-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-12
Waiver of right of respondent AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP to respond filed.
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2024-01-09
Waiver of right of respondent Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development to respond filed.
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2023-12-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 19, 2024)
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Attorneys

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP
Michael Edward Kenneally Jr. — Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Respondent
Foundation for Moral Law
John Allen Eidsmoe — Foundation for Moral Law, Amicus
Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
Rachel Elizabeth Bell-Munger — Minnesota Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Elizabeth Catherine Kramer — Office of the Minnesota Attorney General, Respondent
Tina Goede
James Vincent Francis Dickey — Upper Midwest Law Center, Petitioner