Legal Opinion
Lydle Wayne Fitts v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1964No. 20973_1PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
We are asked to review a conviction under the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 50 U.S.C.A. App. §§ 451-470. Lydle Wayne Fitts, one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, was charged under Section 462 of the Act with failing to report to his local selection service board at Indianola, Mississippi, for assignment for civilian work as a conscientious objector. 1 He contends that as an “ordained minister of religion” 2 he was exempt from selective service. The district court, sitting without a jury, held that the defendant failed to establish his exemption as a minister of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Estep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Dickinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Witmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Jesus M. Olvera v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Elmer B. Wiggins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Cassius Marsellus Clay, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Leon Herbert Greer, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Julita David Robertson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Gary Herndon McCoy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Julita David Robertson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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