Legal Opinion
United States v. Blackwell
District Court, D. Maine
Decided March 31, 1970No. Crim. No. 70-16PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER
GIGNOUX, District Judge.
Thomas Woodbury Blackwell was indicted for refusing to submit to induction into the armed forces of the United States in violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462(a) (1967). He has been tried by *1154the Court without a jury. His only defense is that he was improperly denied a right to appeal the denial by his Local Selective Service Board of his request for classification as a conscientious objector presented after receipt of an order to report for induction. The relevant record consists of defendant’s Selective Service file as supplemented by…
2Cases cited16 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
- United States v. David Arthur GeareyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- United States v. Richard Secor Corliss, United States of America v. Fred August Heise, United States of America v. Walter HeroldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Cohen v. LairdDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1970
- United States v. HosmerDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1970