Cox v. United States (1947)

Cox v. United States

Argued October 14–15, 1947
Decided November 24, 1947
Full case name Cox v. United States
Citations

332 U.S. 442 (more)

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.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Frank Murphy · Robert H. Jackson
Wiley B. Rutledge · Harold H. Burton
Case opinions
Majority Reed, joined by Vinson, Frankfurter, Jackson, Burton
Dissent Douglas, joined by Black
Dissent Murphy, joined by Rutledge
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Cox v. United States, 332 U.S. 442 (1947), 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.[1]

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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 332 U.S. 442 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.
  2. 1 2 Written Opinion


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