Legal Opinion
United States v. Donald Smeltz Butler
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 8, 1968No. 17579_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was sentenced to five years imprisonment for knowingly failing to report for induction into the armed forces, in violation of Title 50, U.S.C., App. §§ 456 and 462. No claim is made of any administrative unfairness or lack of procedural due process in the Selective Service Board’s rulings. Appellant admits he knowingly failed to report, and defends solely on the ground that at the time he was ordered to report for induction (February 4, 1964) the draft law was unconstitutional in that it would have deprived him of his liberty and perhaps of his life without…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- United States v. MacIntoshSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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