Legal Opinion
James E. Powers v. George T. Powers, Iii, Major General, U.S. Army Commanding General, U.S. Army Air Defense Center, Fort Bliss, Texas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1968No. 25033_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
This case, like United States v. Bryan, 263 F.Supp. 895 (N.D.Ga.1967), con cerns a claim by a selective service registrant that he has been given erroneous and misleading information by the local board about his right to appeal from his draft classification, so as to deprive him of substantive due process and make invalid his order to report for induction. In Bryan the claim was successfully asserted as a defense to criminal prosecution for refusal to submit to induction. Here it is presented as the basis for a petition for writ of habeas corpus after induction.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- Estep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- David Bruce Miller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Russell FreemanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968
- Jesus M. Olvera v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- United States v. BryanDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1967
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3Cited by23 opinions
- United States v. John William PowersCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Roberto Alfredo DavilaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Harry La Verne Timmins, IICourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Vincent Francis McGee Jr.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Norman J. JacquesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
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