Legal Opinion

United States v. Stephen Spiro

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided October 20, 1967No. 16073PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

STALEY, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from a conviction under an indictment charging a violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462 (1964). Defendant, Stephen Spiro, was classified I-A by his local draft board and at his trial he challenged the validity of this classification, contending that he should have been classified as a conscientious objector. The district judge, sitting without a jury, found that appellant, a Roman Catholic, was properly classified by the appropriate Selective Service authorities as I-A. He further found that appellant was accorded due process before the local…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Estep v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Alva Eugene Blalock v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1957
  3. United States v. Wilbert Lee SturgisCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
  4. United States v. Lloyd Odin LawsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
  5. Paul Edward Rowton v. United States of America, Charles Freelan Wheeler v. United States of America, Reuben Jones Stepp v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Cassius Marsellus Clay, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  2. United States v. ValentineDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1968
  3. William Creighton Vaughn v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
  4. United States v. Robert Warren CarrollCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
  5. United States v. Charles Douglas ChaudronCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970

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