Legal Opinion
Lopez v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided August 23, 1971No. A-132PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Douglas,
Circuit Justice.
Applicant Lopez was indicted and convicted for refusing to submit to induction. He claimed at trial that he was entitled to a hearing before his local board on his conscientious objector claim which had matured after receipt of the induction notice. At the time applicant received his order to report for induction, however, the law in the Ninth Circuit did not allow the filing of an application for exemption as a conscientious objector after an induction notice had been issued.1 We noted in Ehlert v. United States, 402 U. S. 99 (1971), decided after…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ehlert v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- William Ward Ehlert v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
3Cited by5 opinions
- Morris v. WilsonCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1988
- United States v. Robert E. LopezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. StoneDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1973
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