Legal Opinion
Gillette v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 8, 1971No. 85PublishedCited by 592 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
These cases present the question whether conscientious objection to a particular war, rather than objection to war as such, relieves the objector from responsibilities of military training and service. Specifically, we are called upon to decide whether conscientious scruples relating to a particular conflict are within the purview of established provisions1 relieving conscientious objectors to war from military service. Both petitioners also invoke constitutional principles barring government interference with the exercise of religion and requiring governmental neutrality in matters of…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by592 opinions
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of HialeahSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Cutter v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Johnson v. RobisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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