Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. Lewis Godfrey Bent v. Melvin R. Laird, Secretary of Defense
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 6, 1971No. 71-1570PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Lewis Godfrey Bent appeals from an order of the district court denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus. Bent, who on April 14,1971 submitted to induction pursuant to the Military Selective Service Act of 1967, 50 U.S.C.App. § 451 et seq. (1971), sought in his habeas corpus petition to review the legality of his order to submit to induction. The petition, which is directed to the proper military respondents, alleges that his Local Board improperly refused to classify him III-A— deferred for reason of hardship.
The petition was…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Estep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Dickinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Oestereich v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 11Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Witmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Falbo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by12 opinions
- William G. Cale, Jr. v. Thomas M. Volatile, Commanding Officer Afees and Secretary of DefenseCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- United States v. KlineDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
- United States v. Kenneth David CateCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Michael Flynn TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Taylor v. ChafitzCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
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