Legal Opinion
United States v. Stiles
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 12, 1948No. 9510PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARIS, Circuit Judge.
Bennie Clinton Stiles was convicted in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania of violating Section 11 of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 1 in refusing to submit to induction into the armed forces and he appeals, alleging that the order for his induction was invalid because the local board failed to comply with the Selective Service Regulations.
Stiles, a member of the sect of Jehovah’s Witnesses, registered with his local draft board in Philadelphia on December 27, 1945, his eighteenth birthday. In answering his questionnaire he stated…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Estep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. ZieberCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1947
- United States v. StilesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1947
3Cited by42 opinions
- United States v. BurlichDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
- Knox v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1952
- United States Ex Rel. Berman v. CraigCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- United States v. VincelliCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- Martin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
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