Cox v. United States (1947)
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| Argued October 14–15, 1947 Decided November 24, 1947 | |||||||
| Full case name | Cox v. United States | ||||||
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68 S. Ct. 115; 92 L. Ed. 59; 1947 U.S. LEXIS 1586 | ||||||
| Prior history | Certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit. | ||||||
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| Majority | Reed, joined by Jackson, Vinson, Burton, Frankfurter | ||||||
| Dissent | Douglas, joined by Black | ||||||
| Dissent | Murphy, joined by Rutledge | ||||||
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Cox v. United States, 332 U.S. 442 (1947),[1] was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States found that courts have only limited scope of review over a Selective Service Board's classification of a Jehovah's Witness as a conscientious objector rather than a minister.
Justice Reed delivered the opinion. Justice Murphy, in dissent said "the mere fact that they spent less than full time in ministerial activities affords no reasonable basis for implying a non-ministerial status."[2]
A rehearing was denied on February 12, 1948.[2]
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References
- ↑ 332 U.S. 442 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.
- 1 2 Written Opinion
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