| Litigants: | Dickinson v. United States |
| Arguedate: | October 21 |
| Argueyear: | 1953 |
| Decidedate: | November 30 |
| Decideyear: | 1953 |
| Fullname: | Dickinson v. United States |
| Usvol: | 346 |
| Uspage: | 389 |
| Parallelcitations: | 74 S. Ct. 152; 98 L. Ed. 2d 132; 1953 U.S. LEXIS 1425 |
| Majority: | Clark |
| Joinmajority: | Warren, Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas |
| Dissent: | Jackson |
| Joindissent: | Burton, Minton |
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) claim to ministerial exemption from military service, and his conviction for refusing to submit to his local board's induction order was reversed.[1]
Justice Clark 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.