United States Supreme Court case
Dickinson v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States 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
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
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.
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^ Dickinson v. United States , 346 U.S. 389 (1953). This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document .
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