Simmons v. United States
| Simmons v. United States | |
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| Argued February 2, 1955 Decided March 14, 1955 | |
| Full case name | Simmons v. United States |
| Citations | 348 U.S. 397 (more) 75 S. Ct. 397; 99 L. Ed. 453; 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1080 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | United States v. Simmons, 213 F.2d 901 (7th Cir. 1954); cert. granted, 348 U.S. 812 (1954). |
| Holding | |
| The failure of the Department of Justice to furnish petitioner Simmons with a fair resume of all adverse information in the FBI report deprived him of the "hearing" provided by the Universal Military Training and Service Act. Conviction, and Seventh Circuit, reversed. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Clark, joined by Black and Douglas |
| Dissent | Reed |
| Dissent | Minton |
| Laws applied | |
| Universal Military Training and Service Act | |
Simmons v. United States, 348 U.S. 397 (1955), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that a Jehovah's Witness was denied fair hearing because of failure to supply him with materials in his record.