Legal Opinion
The Reverend Henry Hale Bucher, Jr. v. Selective Service System, Local Boards Nos. 2, Etc. And Colonel Joseph Avella, Etc
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 12, 1970No. 17414_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
KALODNER, Circuit Judge.
When the appellants, in symbolic protest against the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War, turned in their draft Registration Notices and/or Notices of Classification to their local *26draft boards,1 the latter stripped them of their existing exempt or deferred status and reclassified them I — A delinquent, highest order of priority for induction, pursuant to the provisions of the Selective Service Regulations2 and Local Board Memorandum No. 85, issued by General Lewis B. Hershey, Director of the Selective Service System.3
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2Cases cited24 opinions
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Kennedy v. Mendoza-MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Estep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Oestereich v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 11Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Falbo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Jack L. Edwards v. Selective Service Local Board No. 111, Newton County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- John Henry Wright v. Dee Ingold, as Acting Director of the Selective Service SystemCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Neal Thomas NeamandCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Russell M. Morgan v. Bert MelcharCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Francis L. McLain v. Selective Service Local Board No. 47, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
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