''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
Jehovah's Witnesses is a millenarian restorationist Christian denomination with nontrinitarian beliefs distinct from mainstream Christianity. The group reports a worldwide membership of approximately 8.7 million adherents involved in ...
) 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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Decision of the Court
Justice
Clark
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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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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 346
This is a list of all the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court cases from volume 346 of the ''United States Reports'':
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