Legal Opinion
Shirer v. Hackel
District Court, N.D. California
Decided August 12, 1970No. C-70 1028PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
WOLLENBERG, District Judge.
Petitioner is presently serving in the United States Army, from which service he seeks discharge on the grounds that there was no basis in fact for the Army’s denial of his application for conscientious objector status, made under AR 635-20.
Petitioner was inducted in April, 1969. He was alerted for overseas assignment to the Republic of South Vietnam in early January, 1970. He applied for discharge as a conscientious objector in March, 1970. The chaplain found him sincere and religious; the 0-3 who interviewed him doubted his…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Dickinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- John E. Bates v. Commander, First Coast Guard DistrictCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
- Wayne Myron Bishop v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Application of John Michael Speer v. Commander G. H. HedrickCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Adams v. DavidsonDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1970
- Frisby v. LarsenDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1971
- Rosengart v. LairdCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Stauffer v. LairdDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1971
- Albert v. Frisby v. General Stanley LarsenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
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