Cox v. United States (1947)
1947 United States Supreme Court case
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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]
Full case nameCox v. United States
Citations332 U.S. 442 (more)
68 S. Ct. 115; 92 L. Ed. 59; 1947 U.S. LEXIS 1586
PriorCertiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit.
MajorityReed, joined by Vinson, Frankfurter, Jackson, Burton
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| 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 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit. |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Reed, joined by Vinson, Frankfurter, Jackson, Burton |
| Dissent | Douglas, joined by Black |
| Dissent | Murphy, joined by Rutledge |
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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."[1]
A rehearing was denied on February 12, 1948.[1]
