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WITMER v. UNITED STATES (1955)

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WITMER v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1954
Important Dates
Argued: February 1, 1955
Decided: March 14, 1955
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-2
Majority
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Stanley Reed • Earl Warren
Concurring
Sherman Minton
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas

WITMER v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 14, 1955. The case was argued before the court on February 1, 1955.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Pennsylvania Middle U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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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: 348 U.S. 375
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Tom Clark

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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