Legal Opinion
United States v. Hillyard
District Court, E.D. Washington
Decided November 30, 1943No. C-3879PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELLENBACH, District Judge.
The defendant, having been duly (28 U.S.C.A. § 412) drawn as a juror, refused to serve giving as his reason his membership in Jehovah’s Witnesses. The Witnesses are an unincorporated body whose teaching is that the obligations imposed by God are superior to those enacted by temporal government. Their religious belief includes a literal version of Exodus, Chap. 20, verses 3, 4, and 5, in which it is said: “Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, nor any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Jacobson v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Douglas v. City of JeannetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Petition of WilliamsDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 1979
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