Legal Opinion
Font v. Laird
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided July 24, 1970No. Civ. No. 70-716HPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HARVEY, District Judge:
Petitioner, a First Lieutenant in the United States Army, is presently assigned to the Office of the Adjutant General, Division of Military Personnel Affairs at Fort Meade, Maryland. In this habeas corpus proceeding, he maintains that he is entitled to be discharged from the Army as a conscientious objector under applicable Army regulations and under various provisions of the United States Constitution.
This then is another in the rash of cases that have in recent months come before this and other courts in the Fourth Circuit in which a member of the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Welsh v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Font v. SeamanUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1971
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