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Witmer v. United States

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Witmer v. United States
Argued February 1, 1955
Decided March 14, 1955
Full case namePhilip Andrew Witmer v. United States of America
Citations348 U.S. 375 (more)
75 S. Ct. 392; 99 L. Ed. 2d 428; 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1078
Case history
PriorUnited States v. Witmer, 115 F. Supp. 19 (M.D. Pa. 1953); affirmed, 213 F.2d 95 (3d Cir. 1954); cert. granted, 348 U.S. 812 (1954).
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Harold H. Burton · Tom C. Clark
Sherman Minton
Case opinions
MajorityClark, joined by Warren, Reed, Frankfurter, Burton, Harlan
ConcurrenceMinton
DissentBlack, joined by Douglas

Witmer v. United States, 348 U.S. 375 (1955), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States upheld a draft board's rejection of Jehovah's Witness claim of conscientious objector status as lacking sincerity.[1]

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  1. ^ Witmer v. United States, 348 U.S. 375 (1955).
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