Legal Opinion
United States Ex Rel. Armstrong v. Wheeler
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 2, 1970No. Civ. A. 70-1755PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.
Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus ordering his discharge from the Army as a conscientious objector.
Christopher F. Armstrong, the petitioner’, joined the Army’s Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) while an undergraduate at Washington and Lee University. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U. S. Army Reserve in June 1967, upon graduating from college. He was then placed on inactive status and approved for educational delay of his active duty, so that he could attend graduate school. In May 1968, the Army further approved the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Harris v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. SeegerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Welsh v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Dickinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
23 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by18 opinions
- Strait v. LairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Kipperman v. McConeDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1976
- Falen Gherebi v. George Walker Bush Donald H. RumsfeldCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Roman v. AshcroftDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 2001
- Henry v. WarnerDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1973
13 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.