Dickinson v. United States

The principal and decisive issue before us is whether there was a basis in fact for denying Dickinson’s claim to a ministerial exemption under § 6 (g) of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 62 Stat. 611, 50 U. S. C. App. § 456 (g).1 After the selective service authorities denied his claim, Dickinson refused to submit to induction in defiance of his local board’s induction order. For this refusal he was convicted, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California,2 of violating § 12 (a)3 of the Act. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the…