Legal Opinion
Bill William Prohoroff v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 21, 1958No. 15911PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWEN, District Judge.
This is an appeal by appellant Pro-horoff, a Selective Training and Service Act (50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 451 et seq.) registrant, from the judgment and 6-months jail sentence imposed against him by the District Court sitting without a jury in a trial for appellant’s willful failure to report for induction into the Armed Forces as required by Local Draft Board 71, Fresno County, California, pursuant to grand jury indictment under § 462 of that Act.
As justification for such failure to so report, appellant claims to be a conscientious objector.
Appellant objects to Draft…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Olender v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
- Dick Lee Evans v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- United States v. WardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- James Mason v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
- Morgan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Richard Glenn Keene v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
- Cornelious Lockhart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Jan Emil Donato v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- United States v. Albert H. HolmesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968
- James Donald Edwards v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
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