| Litigants: | Gonzales v. United States |
| Arguedatea: | February 1 |
| Arguedateb: | 2 |
| Argueyear: | 1955 |
| Decidedate: | March 14 |
| Decideyear: | 1955 |
| Fullname: | Gonzales v. United States |
| Usvol: | 348 |
| Uspage: | 407 |
| Parallelcitations: | 75 S. Ct. 409; 99 L. Ed. 467; 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1081 |
| Prior: | United States v. Gonzales, 120 F. Supp. 730 (E.D. Mich. 1953); affirmed, 212 F.2d 71 (6th Cir. 1954); cert. granted, . |
| Holding: | A Jehovah's Witness was denied fair hearing because of failure to supply him with materials in his record. |
| Majority: | Clark |
| Joinmajority: | Warren, Black, Frankfurter, Douglas, and Harlan |
| Dissent: | Reed |
| Joindissent: | Burton |
| Dissent2: | Minton |
| Lawsapplied: | Universal Military Training and Service Act |
Gonzales v. United States, 348 U.S. 407 (1955), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a Jehovah's Witness was denied fair hearing because of failure to supply him with materials in his record.[1]
Gonzales, a member of Jehovah's Witnesses who had claimed and had been denied conscientious objector exemption, was convicted under the Universal Military Training and Service Act for refusal to submit to induction into the armed forces.
The 6-3 opinion of the court was written by Justice Clark, holding that the petitioner was entitled to receive a copy of the recommendation made by the Department of Justice to the Appeal Board under the provisions of 6 (j) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act. Justice Reed, joined by Justice Burton, and Justice Minton each filed a dissenting opinion.