Dickinson v. United States

Dickinson v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 21, 1953
Decided November 30, 1953
Full case nameDickinson v. United States
Citations346 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
MajorityClark, joined by Warren, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas
DissentJackson, 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.

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