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COX v. UNITED STATES

Term: 1947
Important Dates
Argued: October 14, 1947
Decided: November 24, 1947
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Stanley Reed
Majority
Harold Burton • Robert Jackson • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Felix Frankfurter
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge

COX v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 24, 1947. The case was argued before the court on October 14, 1947.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Idaho U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Conscientious objectors (cf. military draftee or military active duty) to military service
Petitioner: Person subject to selective service, including conscientious objector
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 332 U.S. 442
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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