Dickinson v. United States

Dickinson v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 21, 1953 Decided November 30, 1953
Full case name	Dickinson v. United States
Citations	346 U.S. 389 (more) 74 S. Ct. 152; 98 L. Ed. 2d 132; 1953 U.S. LEXIS 1425
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas Robert H. Jackson · Harold H. Burton Tom C. Clark · Sherman Minton
Case opinions
Majority	Clark, joined by Warren, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas
Dissent	Jackson, joined by Burton, Minton

Dickinson v. United States, 346 U.S. 389 (1953), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held there was no basis for denying a petitioner's (a Jehovah's Witness) claim to ministerial exemption from military service, and his conviction for refusing to submit to his local board's induction order was reversed.^[1]

Decision of the Court

Justice Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Court ruled that classification as minister is not available to all members of a sect notwithstanding doctrine that all are ministers; but part-time secular work does not, without more, disqualify member from satisfying the ministerial exemption.

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 346

References

1. Dickinson v. United States, 346 U.S. 389 (1953).  This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document.

External links

• Text of Dickinson v. United States, 346 U.S. 389 (1953) is available from: CourtListener Findlaw Google Scholar Justia Library of Congress